Gentamicin 10 mg/ml liquid compound - enteral use only 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

$43.40

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.

$54.25

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.

$1.39 with UPMC Health Plan vs $58.55 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 $1.39 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $1.82 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $2.21 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2.21 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2.21 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $2.45 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2.72 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3.12 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $11.60 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $14.93 ↓ -66%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $18.74 ↓ -57%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $20.36 ↓ -53%
Aetna EBR FI $20.52 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $20.79 ↓ -52%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $20.79 ↓ -52%
Aetna EBR ASO $21.60 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $21.60 ↓ -50%
InterGroup PPO $27.00 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $27.00 ↓ -38%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $32.40 ↓ -25%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $37.80 ↓ -13%
SelectCare Commercial $43.20 ↓ -0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $43.20 ↓ -0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $43.37 ↓ -0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $43.72 ↑ +1%
Humana Commercial $45.90 ↑ +6%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $58.09 ↑ +34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $58.55 ↑ +35%

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Gentamicin 10 mg/ml liquid compound - enteral use only at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $20.20 $1.39 – $11.49
UPMC Bedford Everett $33.40 $1.39 – $36.90
UPMC Cole Coudersport $18.00 $1.94 – $5.60
UPMC East Monroeville $68.00 $1.39 – $68.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $56.40 $1.39 – $7.33
UPMC Northwest Seneca $46.00 $1.39 – $29.81
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $48.20 $1.39 – $29.28
UPMC Jameson New Castle $45.40 $1.39 – $11.69

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