Zidovudine in d5w IV syringe 4 mg/ml (neo/peds) - 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

$285.00

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.

$475.00

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.

$0.96 with UPMC Health Plan vs $21.16 with Multiplan — 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 $0.96 ↓ -100%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1.51 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1.51 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1.51 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1.51 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $1.68 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1.71 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1.75 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1.86 ↓ -99%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $4.14 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $5.28 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $5.73 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $5.81 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $7.67 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $7.78 ↓ -97%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $8.28 ↓ -97%
Aetna EBR FI $8.97 ↓ -97%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $9.02 ↓ -97%
Cigna New Business ASO $9.20 ↓ -97%
Aetna EBR ASO $9.20 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $9.20 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial $9.20 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $11.50 ↓ -96%
InterGroup PPO $11.50 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $11.67 ↓ -96%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $16.10 ↓ -94%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $18.40 ↓ -94%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $19.55 ↓ -93%
Humana Commercial $19.55 ↓ -93%
Multiplan PPO $21.16 ↓ -93%

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Zidovudine in d5w IV syringe 4 mg/ml (neo/peds) - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $94.80 $0.96 – $1.71
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $0.96 – $1.69
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh not published $0.96 – $1.71
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $15.60 $0.14 – $2.13
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $15.60 $0.20 – $2.82
UPMC Hamot Erie $128.40 $0.96 – $4.11
UPMC Hanover Hanover $15.60 $1.51 – $2.13
UPMC Lititz Lititz $15.60 $1.51 – $2.13

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