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Cyclosporine 250 mg/5 ml intravenous solution at UPMC Somerset
225 South Center Avenue, Somerset, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1912900168
$7.80
Cash price 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.
$13.00
Gross charge 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.
$1.35 with UPMC Work Partners vs $72.58 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $1.35 | ↓ -83% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $1.40 | ↓ -82% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $1.58 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna of PA | TPA/Carrier | $1.60 | ↓ -79% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1.80 | ↓ -77% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $2.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $2.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $2.60 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana | Commercial | $3.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $50.97 | ↑ +553% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $72.58 | ↑ +831% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $72.58 | ↑ +831% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $72.58 | ↑ +831% |
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Cyclosporine 250 mg/5 ml intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $29.00 | $5.40 – $32.40 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $268.20 | $45.83 – $264.35 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $268.20 | $45.83 – $379.95 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $29.00 | $6.48 – $72.58 |
| UPMC Western Psychiatric | Pittsburgh | $268.20 | $50.93 – $379.95 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $29.00 | $9.72 – $72.58 |