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Inj pegfilgrastim-bmez 0.5mg 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

$3,925.20

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.

$6,542.00

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.

$30.02 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $4,906.50 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $30.02 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $30.32 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid $30.32 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $30.32 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $30.32 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare $30.32 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $30.93 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $32.74 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $44.97 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $56.92 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $275.58 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,202.69 ↓ -44%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,289.70 ↓ -42%
Geisinger Commercial $2,576.24 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $2,616.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,943.90 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $3,271.00 ↓ -17%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $4,252.30 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $4,906.50 ↑ +25%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Inj pegfilgrastim-bmez 0.5mg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,168.80 $19.15 – $1,753.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,313.40 $19.15 – $1,860.65
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $6,614.40 $19.15 – $9,370.40
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,264.80 $30.32 – $1,897.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,264.80 $30.32 – $1,897.20

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