Ciprofloxacin 400 mg/200 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at UPMC East

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

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

$152.80

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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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$191.00

Gross charge

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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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$0.83 with United Healthcare vs $197.99 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
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $0.83 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare All Business $0.83 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $1.83 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2.24 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $2.90 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2.90 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $2.90 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2.90 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3.56 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $22.84 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $25.67 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $47.75 ↓ -69%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $67.04 ↓ -56%
Aetna EBR FI $72.58 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $72.96 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $73.92 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $74.30 ↓ -51%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $74.49 ↓ -51%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $74.49 ↓ -51%
Cigna New Business ASO $74.49 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial $76.40 ↓ -50%
Aetna EBR ASO $76.40 ↓ -50%
Cigna EBR $76.40 ↓ -50%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $95.50 ↓ -38%
InterGroup PPO $95.50 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $98.99 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $99.51 ↓ -35%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $133.70 ↓ -13%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $152.80 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $197.99 ↑ +30%

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Ciprofloxacin 400 mg/200 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $37.00 $1.83 – $25.43
UPMC Bedford Everett $75.40 $1.83 – $84.60
UPMC Cole Coudersport $5.40 $2.24 – $7.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $236.80 $1.26 – $5.25
UPMC Northwest Seneca $101.60 $1.83 – $66.00
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $83.20 $0.83 – $64.81
UPMC Jameson New Castle $43.40 $1.83 – $25.88
UPMC Kane Kane $15.00 $1.37 – $3.71

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