Ampicillin-sulbactam 1.5 gram solution for injection at UPMC Cole

1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published unknown · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$18.00

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.

$30.00

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.

$1.39 with Geisinger vs $13.12 with Aetna — 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
Geisinger Medicaid $1.39 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $1.39 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1.39 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $1.39 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1.39 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $1.53 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2.05 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $4.44 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Medicare $4.48 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $4.48 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $4.48 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare $4.52 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare $4.70 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $4.79 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $4.79 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $4.79 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $4.79 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $4.84 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $4.84 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare $4.88 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $5.75 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $11.20 ↓ -38%
Geisinger Commercial $12.00 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $12.80 ↓ -29%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $12.80 ↓ -29%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $12.80 ↓ -29%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $12.80 ↓ -29%
Humana Commercial $12.80 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial $13.12 ↓ -27%

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Ampicillin-sulbactam 1.5 gram solution for injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $27.60 $0.88 – $25.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $45.40 $0.88 – $50.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $43.20 $0.14 – $2.50
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $43.20 $0.20 – $25.38
UPMC East Monroeville $91.20 $0.88 – $90.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $136.00 $0.88 – $4.82
UPMC Northwest Seneca $61.20 $0.88 – $39.56
UPMC Hanover Hanover $43.20 $1.39 – $2.50

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