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Phenytoin in ns IV syringe 5 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at UPMC Mercy

1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308

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

$417.00

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.

$695.00

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.

$0.29 with UPMC Health Plan vs $47.28 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
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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 $0.29 ↓ -100%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $0.45 ↓ -100%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $0.45 ↓ -100%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $0.45 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $0.56 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $0.73 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare $8.50 ↓ -98%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $9.49 ↓ -98%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $10.35 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $10.54 ↓ -97%
Cigna New Business ASO $11.56 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.81 ↓ -97%
Bravo Medicare $11.90 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $12.06 ↓ -97%
Aetna EBR FI $12.92 ↓ -97%
Aetna EBR ASO $13.60 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial $13.60 ↓ -97%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $14.96 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $17.00 ↓ -96%
InterGroup PPO $17.00 ↓ -96%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $20.40 ↓ -95%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $25.50 ↓ -94%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $27.20 ↓ -93%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $27.20 ↓ -93%
National Provider Network PPO $27.88 ↓ -93%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $30.60 ↓ -93%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $30.60 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $34.33 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $35.30 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $45.97 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $47.28 ↓ -89%

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Phenytoin in ns IV syringe 5 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $765.60 $0.29 – $51.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $883.20 $0.29 – $62.05
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $771.60 $0.29 – $55.25
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $44.25 $0.45 – $62.69
UPMC Muncy Muncy $15.00 $0.45 – $4.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $722.40 $0.29 – $51.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $15.00 $0.45 – $4.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $300.00 $0.45 – $4.50

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