Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at UPMC Lititz

1500 Highlands Drive, Lititz, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1285167916

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

$6.60

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.

$11.00

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.

$0.94 with Prime Net vs $9.62 with Cigna — 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
Prime Net Managed Medicare $0.94 ↓ -86%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $1.40 ↓ -79%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1.40 ↓ -79%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1.72 ↓ -74%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $2.60 ↓ -61%
Aetna ACO $2.62 ↓ -60%
Prime Net ACO $2.62 ↓ -60%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $3.09 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial $3.12 ↓ -53%
Prime Net GateKeeper $3.12 ↓ -53%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $3.28 ↓ -50%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $3.28 ↓ -50%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $3.28 ↓ -50%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $3.85 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Commercial $4.31 ↓ -35%
Geisinger Commercial $4.58 ↓ -31%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $4.90 ↓ -26%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $5.07 ↓ -23%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $5.25 ↓ -20%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $5.95 ↓ -10%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $6.96 ↑ +5%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $6.96 ↑ +5%
Aetna Medicare $7.03 ↑ +7%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $7.10 ↑ +8%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $7.65 ↑ +16%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $8.36 ↑ +27%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $8.56 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial $9.62 ↑ +46%

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Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $26.80 $4.39 – $26.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $78.60 $4.39 – $88.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $6.60 $0.96 – $9.62
UPMC Cole Coudersport $16.80 $4.16 – $12.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $6.60 $1.40 – $15.41
UPMC East Monroeville $52.00 $4.39 – $52.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $122.40 $4.39 – $18.56
UPMC Northwest Seneca $49.20 $4.39 – $24.03

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