Dextrose 5 % IV bolus at UPMC Horizon-Greenville

110 N Main St, Greenville, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225048838

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

$71.80

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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.

$89.75

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.

$1.97 with UPMC Health Plan vs $75.65 with Humana — 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $1.97 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $3.11 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $3.11 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $3.11 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare All Business $3.60 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $3.60 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3.83 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $4.48 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $22.25 ↓ -69%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $30.35 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $32.93 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $33.92 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $34.00 ↓ -53%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Access PPO/Blue Preferred HMO/HIC $34.62 ↓ -52%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $34.71 ↓ -52%
Cigna New Business ASO $34.71 ↓ -52%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $34.71 ↓ -52%
Aetna EBR ASO $35.60 ↓ -50%
Cigna EBR $35.60 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $35.60 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $41.79 ↓ -42%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $44.50 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $44.50 ↓ -38%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $45.59 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $53.40 ↓ -26%
InterGroup PPO $57.85 ↓ -19%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $58.74 ↓ -18%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $62.30 ↓ -13%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $71.20 ↓ -1%
Prime Net Commercial $72.98 ↑ +2%
Humana Commercial $75.65 ↑ +5%

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Dextrose 5 % IV bolus at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $16.60 $1.97 – $25.61
UPMC Bedford Everett $76.20 $1.97 – $85.50
UPMC Cole Coudersport $6.00 $2.77 – $8.00
UPMC East Monroeville $153.60 $1.97 – $153.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $96.00 $1.97 – $10.51
UPMC Northwest Seneca $76.40 $1.97 – $34.54
UPMC Jameson New Castle $42.00 $1.97 – $26.07
UPMC Kane Kane $8.40 $3.11 – $6.15

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