Pentobarbital sodium inj 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

$42.00

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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.

$70.00

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.

$3.22 with Prime Net vs $75.97 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 $3.22 ↓ -92%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $4.80 ↓ -89%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.80 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $5.91 ↓ -86%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $8.90 ↓ -79%
Aetna ACO $8.98 ↓ -79%
Prime Net ACO $8.98 ↓ -79%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $10.61 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial $10.68 ↓ -75%
Prime Net GateKeeper $10.68 ↓ -75%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $11.26 ↓ -73%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $11.26 ↓ -73%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $11.26 ↓ -73%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $13.20 ↓ -69%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $13.20 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Commercial $14.78 ↓ -65%
Geisinger Commercial $15.72 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $16.80 ↓ -60%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $16.80 ↓ -60%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $17.38 ↓ -59%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $18.00 ↓ -57%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $20.40 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare $53.87 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial $75.97 ↑ +81%

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Pentobarbital sodium inj at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Hamot Erie $5,367.60 $3.33 – $183.83
UPMC Muncy Muncy $115.20 $1.50 – $9.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $7,574.40 $3.36 – $3.36
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $115.20 $1.80 – $9.00
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD not published $53.88 – $68.94
GROVE CITY HOSPITAL GROVE CITY not published $1.76 – $68.94

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