Levofloxacin 250 mg/50 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback 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

$311.40

Cash price

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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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$519.00

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.

$1.05 with UPMC Health Plan vs $187.60 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

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 CHIP $1.05 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $1.60 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2.54 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2.54 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $2.54 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $2.82 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3.12 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $37.15 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $47.83 ↓ -85%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $60.03 ↓ -81%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $65.22 ↓ -79%
Aetna EBR FI $65.74 ↓ -79%
Cigna New Business ASO $66.61 ↓ -79%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $66.61 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial $69.20 ↓ -78%
Aetna EBR ASO $69.20 ↓ -78%
InterGroup PPO $86.50 ↓ -72%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $86.50 ↓ -72%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $103.80 ↓ -67%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $121.10 ↓ -61%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $138.40 ↓ -56%
SelectCare Commercial $138.40 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $138.96 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $140.08 ↓ -55%
Humana Commercial $147.05 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $186.11 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $187.60 ↓ -40%

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Levofloxacin 250 mg/50 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $229.80 $1.05 – $102.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $284.40 $1.05 – $142.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $34.80 $1.05 – $17.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $455.40 $1.05 – $9.69
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $254.40 $1.05 – $93.80
UPMC Jameson New Castle $141.60 $1.05 – $37.45
UPMC Kane Kane $21.60 $2.54 – $9.69
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $325.80 $1.02 – $37.15

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