Chlorothiazide sodium 500 mg intravenous solution at UPMC Hamot

201 State Street, Erie, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1487647590

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$1,217.60

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.

$1,522.00

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.

$14.96 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,217.60 with InterGroup — 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 Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $14.96 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $24.91 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $39.45 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $39.45 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $39.45 ↓ -97%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $73.22 ↓ -94%
Independent Health Commercial $73.22 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $93.46 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $149.54 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $228.30 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Commercial $330.38 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial $380.50 ↓ -69%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $431.03 ↓ -65%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $456.60 ↓ -63%
Cigna New Business ASO $456.60 ↓ -63%
Univera Commercial $502.26 ↓ -59%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $532.70 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $560.10 ↓ -54%
Cigna EBR $608.80 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $608.80 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $608.80 ↓ -50%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $761.00 ↓ -38%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $989.30 ↓ -19%
Aetna AXA/MMO $1,065.40 ↓ -13%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,065.40 ↓ -13%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $1,217.60 ↑ +0%
InterGroup Beech Street $1,217.60 ↑ +0%

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Chlorothiazide sodium 500 mg intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,084.00 $14.96 – $1,084.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $280.80 $24.91 – $315.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $178.20 $3.56 – $171.10
UPMC Cole Coudersport $156.00 $39.45 – $208.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $178.20 $5.20 – $48.52
UPMC East Monroeville $88.80 $13.28 – $88.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,060.80 $24.91 – $39.45
UPMC Hanover Hanover $178.20 $39.45 – $171.10

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