Cefepime 1 gram solution for injection at UPMC McKeesport

1500 Fifth Avenue, Mckeesport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 104370353

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

$96.00

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.

$120.00

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.

$0.77 with UPMC Health Plan vs $74.57 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.

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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 $0.77 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1.22 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1.22 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1.22 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $1.35 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1.46 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1.50 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $4.10 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $14.77 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $20.18 ↓ -79%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $25.33 ↓ -74%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $27.52 ↓ -71%
Aetna EBR FI $27.74 ↓ -71%
Cigna New Business ASO $28.11 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $28.11 ↓ -71%
Aetna EBR ASO $29.20 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial $29.20 ↓ -70%
InterGroup PPO $36.50 ↓ -62%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $36.50 ↓ -62%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $43.80 ↓ -54%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $51.10 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $55.23 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $55.68 ↓ -42%
SelectCare Commercial $58.40 ↓ -39%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $58.40 ↓ -39%
Humana Commercial $62.05 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $73.97 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $74.57 ↓ -22%

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Cefepime 1 gram solution for injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $51.20 $0.77 – $39.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $44.80 $0.77 – $47.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $8.40 $0.27 – $3.73
UPMC Cole Coudersport $45.00 $1.22 – $30.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $8.40 $0.40 – $24.36
UPMC East Monroeville $88.00 $0.77 – $32.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $139.20 $0.77 – $4.48
UPMC Northwest Seneca $43.40 $0.77 – $37.97

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