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Inj calcitriol per 0.1 mcg 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

$5.40

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.

$9.00

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.

$1.68 with UPMC Work Partners vs $3.75 with Humana — 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 $1.68 ↓ -69%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1.75 ↓ -68%
Geisinger Commercial $1.97 ↓ -64%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $2.00 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2.25 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $2.28 ↓ -58%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2.50 ↓ -54%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $2.50 ↓ -54%
Geisinger Medicaid $2.75 ↓ -49%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $3.25 ↓ -40%
Humana Commercial $3.75 ↓ -31%

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Inj calcitriol per 0.1 mcg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $9.60 $2.30 – $10.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $25.20 $0.75 – $4.50
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $72.00 $2.33 – $10.20
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $190.20 $2.33 – $28.05
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $27.60 $0.90 – $4.50
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $44.40 $2.28 – $62.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $26.40 $1.35 – $4.50

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →