Erythromycin in ns IV syringe 5 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at UPMC McKeesport
1500 Fifth Avenue, Mckeesport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 104370353
$46.00
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.
$57.50
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.
$12.16 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $93.73 with UPMC Health Plan — 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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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $12.16 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $14.25 | ↓ -69% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $15.76 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $19.78 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $21.49 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $21.66 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $21.95 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $21.95 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $22.80 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $22.80 | ↓ -50% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $28.50 | ↓ -38% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $28.50 | ↓ -38% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $34.20 | ↓ -26% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $39.90 | ↓ -13% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $40.80 | ↓ -11% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $45.48 | ↓ -1% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $45.60 | ↓ -1% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $45.60 | ↓ -1% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $45.84 | ↓ -0% |
| Humana | Commercial | $48.45 | ↑ +5% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $60.91 | ↑ +32% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $61.40 | ↑ +33% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $64.62 | ↑ +40% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $64.62 | ↑ +40% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $64.62 | ↑ +40% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $79.48 | ↑ +73% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $93.73 | ↑ +104% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Erythromycin in ns IV syringe 5 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $208.80 | $12.05 – $208.80 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $120.00 | $11.51 – $113.90 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $120.00 | $16.80 – $79.48 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $71.80 | $10.64 – $71.20 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $120.00 | $64.62 – $567.29 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $215.20 | $30.70 – $64.62 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $120.00 | $64.62 – $567.29 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $109.20 | $12.16 – $97.02 |