Meropenem 1 gram intravenous solution at UPMC Cole

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

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

$49.20

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.

$82.00

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.

$0.42 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $34.44 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $0.42 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid $0.42 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $0.42 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $0.42 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $0.42 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $0.46 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $0.52 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1.37 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1.37 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1.37 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1.37 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $11.64 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $11.76 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicare $11.76 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $11.76 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare $11.88 ↓ -76%
Cigna Medicare $12.35 ↓ -75%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $12.70 ↓ -74%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $12.70 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare $12.81 ↓ -74%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $15.10 ↓ -69%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $29.40 ↓ -40%
Geisinger Commercial $31.50 ↓ -36%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $33.60 ↓ -32%
Humana Commercial $33.60 ↓ -32%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $33.60 ↓ -32%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $33.60 ↓ -32%
InterGroup PPO $33.60 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial $34.44 ↓ -30%

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Meropenem 1 gram intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $54.00 $0.27 – $9.70
UPMC Bedford Everett $28.20 $0.27 – $31.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $17.40 $0.27 – $5.61
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $17.40 $0.40 – $16.16
UPMC East Monroeville $58.60 $0.27 – $27.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $93.60 $0.27 – $6.73
UPMC Northwest Seneca $77.20 $0.27 – $25.18
UPMC Hanover Hanover $17.40 $0.42 – $5.61

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