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Cyclosporine oral 100 mg 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

$10.20

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.

$17.00

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.

$1.35 with UPMC Work Partners vs $10.97 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 $1.35 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Commercial $1.58 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $1.60 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2.00 ↓ -80%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $2.00 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $2.04 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Medicaid $2.04 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $2.04 ↓ -80%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $2.60 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2.63 ↓ -74%
Humana Commercial $3.00 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $8.92 ↓ -13%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $10.97 ↑ +8%

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Cyclosporine oral 100 mg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $85.20 $1.29 – $19.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $34.00 $2.04 – $37.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $59.40 $1.29 – $62.90
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $84.60 $1.29 – $17.85
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $34.00 $1.72 – $37.80
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $198.60 $2.04 – $281.35
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $34.00 $2.04 – $37.80

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