Tobramycin peak therapeutic drug level 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

$115.80

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.

$193.00

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.

$15.97 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $164.05 with Multiplan — 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 Medicare $15.97 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.69 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $16.82 ↓ -85%
Cigna Medicare $16.94 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicare $16.94 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare $17.26 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $17.50 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $22.23 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $22.75 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $22.93 ↓ -80%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $23.84 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $25.49 ↓ -78%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $25.81 ↓ -78%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $25.86 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Commercial $32.53 ↓ -72%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $38.60 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $38.60 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial $41.92 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Children's Health Insurance $47.68 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $49.65 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $50.74 ↓ -56%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $71.60 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $72.18 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $72.18 ↓ -38%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $85.31 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $85.89 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $85.89 ↓ -26%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $90.54 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $90.54 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $90.54 ↓ -22%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $106.15 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $118.27 ↑ +2%
Geisinger Commercial $126.38 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $135.10 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $139.73 ↑ +21%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $144.75 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $164.05 ↑ +42%

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Tobramycin peak therapeutic drug level at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $164.40 $15.94 – $219.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $97.80 $5.82 – $146.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $115.80 $15.97 – $164.05
UPMC Cole Coudersport $154.20 $10.48 – $205.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $115.80 $15.97 – $164.05
UPMC East Monroeville $338.40 $15.94 – $451.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $255.60 $15.94 – $43.81
UPMC Northwest Seneca $112.80 $14.63 – $20.12

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