Diphenhydramine 50 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at Rochester General Hospital
1425 Portland Avenue, Rochester, NY · Rochesterregional · · NPI 1255360517
$1.18
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.
$1.82
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.
$0.70 with INDEPENDENT HEALTH ASSOCIATION vs $4.79 with FIDELIS CARE NEW YORK — 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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| INDEPENDENT HEALTH ASSOCIATION | COMMERCIAL | $0.70 | ↓ -41% |
| INDEPENDENT HEALTH ASSOCIATION | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $0.70 | ↓ -41% |
| EXCELLUS | MEDICAID | $0.71 | ↓ -40% |
| AETNA | COMMERCIAL | $1.44 | ↑ +22% |
| HIGHMARK | COMMERCIAL | $2.05 | ↑ +74% |
| HIGHMARK | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2.05 | ↑ +74% |
| EXCELLUS | COMMERCIAL | $2.16 | ↑ +83% |
| FIDELIS CARE NEW YORK | MEDICAID | $2.62 | ↑ +122% |
| FIDELIS CARE NEW YORK | EXCHANGE | $3.42 | ↑ +190% |
| FIDELIS CARE NEW YORK | ESSENTIAL | $4.79 | ↑ +306% |
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Diphenhydramine 50 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other New-york hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| The Unity Hospital of Rochester | Rochester | $1.46 | $0.70 – $2.28 |
| UPMC Chautauqua | Jamestown | $3.40 | $0.76 – $3.60 |
| NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital | Cortlandt Manor | $9.82 | $0.90 – $1.92 |
| NewYork-Presbyterian Queens | Flushing | $9.82 | $0.90 – $1.91 |
| NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center | New York | $9.82 | $0.90 – $1.92 |
| Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic | Clifton Springs | $1.18 | $0.54 – $2.28 |
| Massena Hospital | Massena | $0.96 | not published |
| Canton-Potsdam Hospital | Potsdam | $1.55 | $2.28 – $2.28 |