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Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr at UPMC Mercy
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308
$211.20
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$264.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$6.23 with UPMC Health Plan vs $172.95 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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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 |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $6.23 | ↓ -97% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $9.86 | ↓ -95% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $9.86 | ↓ -95% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $9.86 | ↓ -95% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $12.13 | ↓ -94% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $15.04 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $29.14 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $32.53 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $35.50 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $36.14 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $37.98 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $39.64 | ↓ -81% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $40.49 | ↓ -81% |
| Bravo | Medicare | $40.80 | ↓ -81% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $44.13 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $44.30 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $46.63 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $46.63 | ↓ -78% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $51.30 | ↓ -76% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $58.29 | ↓ -72% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $58.29 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $69.95 | ↓ -67% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $87.44 | ↓ -59% |
| American Healthcare Group | Commercial | $93.26 | ↓ -56% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $93.26 | ↓ -56% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $95.60 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $104.92 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) | $104.92 | ↓ -50% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $125.56 | ↓ -41% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $129.13 | ↓ -39% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $168.16 | ↓ -20% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $172.95 | ↓ -18% |
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Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $1,000.80 | $6.23 – $355.30 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $1,000.80 | $6.23 – $1,417.80 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $573.60 | $6.23 – $99.09 |
| UPMC Western Psychiatric | Pittsburgh | $1,000.80 | $9.86 – $1,417.80 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $595.80 | $9.86 – $445.50 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $227.20 | $6.23 – $114.53 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $82.80 | $7.74 – $43.68 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $595.80 | $9.86 – $445.50 |