Ceftazidime 4.5 mg/0.2 ml intraocular injection - cnr at UPMC Magee

300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1952311508

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$237.00

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$395.00

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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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$0.99 with UPMC Health Plan vs $91.17 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 Managed Medicaid $0.99 ↓ -100%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1.57 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1.57 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1.57 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1.57 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1.93 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1.97 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $2.04 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $4.25 ↓ -98%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $8.10 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $10.33 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $13.34 ↓ -94%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $16.20 ↓ -93%
Aetna EBR FI $17.55 ↓ -93%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $17.64 ↓ -93%
Cigna New Business ASO $18.00 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial $18.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $18.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna EBR ASO $18.00 ↓ -92%
InterGroup PPO $22.50 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $22.50 ↓ -91%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $31.50 ↓ -87%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $36.00 ↓ -85%
Humana Commercial $38.25 ↓ -84%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $38.25 ↓ -84%
Multiplan PPO $41.40 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $44.75 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $45.38 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $59.93 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $60.78 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $91.17 ↓ -62%

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Ceftazidime 4.5 mg/0.2 ml intraocular injection - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $31.20 $0.99 – $13.22
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $422.40 $0.99 – $13.34
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $228.60 $0.99 – $13.34
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $93.60 $0.99 – $13.34
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $115.20 $1.57 – $13.07
UPMC Altoona Altoona $10.60 $0.99 – $13.22
UPMC Bedford Everett $32.80 $0.99 – $36.65
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $3.00 $0.14 – $3.86

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