Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at UPMC McKeesport
1500 Fifth Avenue, Mckeesport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 104370353
$104.80
Cash price 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.
$131.00
Gross charge 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.
$12.53 with UPMC Health Plan vs $257.90 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $12.53 | ↓ -88% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $19.84 | ↓ -81% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $19.84 | ↓ -81% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $19.84 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $22.04 | ↓ -79% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $24.41 | ↓ -77% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $32.63 | ↓ -69% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $36.22 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $45.46 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $49.39 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $49.78 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $50.44 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $50.44 | ↓ -52% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $51.08 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $52.40 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $52.40 | ↓ -50% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $65.50 | ↓ -38% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $65.50 | ↓ -38% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $78.60 | ↓ -25% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $91.70 | ↓ -13% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $104.80 | ↑ +0% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $104.80 | ↑ +0% |
| Humana | Commercial | $111.35 | ↑ +6% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $191.04 | ↑ +82% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $192.57 | ↑ +84% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $255.86 | ↑ +144% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $257.90 | ↑ +146% |
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Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $100.80 | $12.53 – $100.80 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $128.80 | $12.53 – $144.90 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $25.80 | $4.25 – $39.65 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $45.60 | $19.84 – $60.80 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $25.80 | $6.20 – $84.25 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $301.60 | $12.53 – $301.60 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $222.40 | $12.53 – $76.56 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $195.20 | $12.53 – $131.32 |