Clindamycin 600 mg/50 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at UPMC Cole

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

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

$26.40

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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.

$44.00

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.

$1.34 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $11.48 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1.34 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1.34 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1.34 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1.34 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $1.83 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $1.83 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $2.01 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2.21 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $3.88 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3.92 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $3.92 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare $3.92 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare $3.96 ↓ -85%
Cigna Medicare $4.12 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $4.23 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $4.23 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $4.27 ↓ -84%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $5.03 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $5.60 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $7.70 ↓ -71%
Geisinger Medicaid $7.70 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Commercial $7.70 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $9.80 ↓ -63%
Geisinger Commercial $10.50 ↓ -60%
InterGroup PPO $11.20 ↓ -58%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $11.20 ↓ -58%
Humana Commercial $11.20 ↓ -58%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $11.20 ↓ -58%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $11.20 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial $11.48 ↓ -57%

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Clindamycin 600 mg/50 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $45.80 $0.50 – $11.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $50.60 $1.15 – $56.70
UPMC East Monroeville $113.60 $0.51 – $51.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $63.80 $0.50 – $5.18
UPMC Northwest Seneca $76.20 $0.74 – $1.83
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $88.00 $0.70 – $2.13
UPMC Jameson New Castle $51.60 $0.51 – $1.85
UPMC Kane Kane $5.40 $1.34 – $3.51

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