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Bleomycin 15 unit solution for injection at UPMC Somerset

225 South Center Avenue, Somerset, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1912900168

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$34.20

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$57.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$10.10 with UPMC Work Partners vs $466.15 with Highmark BCBS of PA — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $10.10 ↓ -70%
Geisinger Commercial $11.81 ↓ -65%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $12.00 ↓ -65%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15.00 ↓ -56%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $15.00 ↓ -56%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $19.50 ↓ -43%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $21.52 ↓ -37%
Geisinger Medicaid $21.52 ↓ -37%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $21.52 ↓ -37%
Humana Commercial $22.50 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $24.40 ↓ -29%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $89.99 ↑ +163%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $466.15 ↑ +1263%

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Bleomycin 15 unit solution for injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,014.40 $13.59 – $470.91
UPMC Muncy Muncy $306.40 $21.52 – $344.70
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,089.00 $13.59 – $638.11
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,601.60 $13.59 – $2,553.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,601.60 $13.59 – $3,685.60
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,266.40 $13.59 – $475.39
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $306.40 $21.52 – $344.70
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $2,601.60 $21.52 – $3,685.60

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