Chlorothiazide sodium 500 mg intravenous solution at UPMC East

2775 Mosside Boulevard, Monroeville, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225323983

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

$88.80

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$111.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$13.28 with UPMC Work Partners vs $140.81 with UPMC Health Plan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $13.28 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $15.11 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $24.91 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare $27.75 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $37.74 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $38.96 ↓ -56%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $39.45 ↓ -56%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $39.45 ↓ -56%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $39.45 ↓ -56%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $39.45 ↓ -56%
Aetna EBR FI $42.18 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $42.40 ↓ -52%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $43.29 ↓ -51%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $43.29 ↓ -51%
Cigna New Business ASO $43.29 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $43.50 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $43.72 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare All Business $44.40 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $44.40 ↓ -50%
Cigna EBR $44.40 ↓ -50%
Aetna EBR ASO $44.40 ↓ -50%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $48.52 ↓ -45%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $55.50 ↓ -38%
InterGroup PPO $55.50 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $58.25 ↓ -34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $58.55 ↓ -34%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $77.70 ↓ -13%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $88.80 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $116.51 ↑ +31%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $140.81 ↑ +59%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Chlorothiazide sodium 500 mg intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,084.00 $14.96 – $1,084.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $280.80 $24.91 – $315.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $178.20 $3.56 – $171.10
UPMC Cole Coudersport $156.00 $39.45 – $208.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $178.20 $5.20 – $48.52
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,217.60 $14.96 – $330.38
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,060.80 $24.91 – $39.45
UPMC Hanover Hanover $178.20 $39.45 – $171.10

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →