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Amikacin 4 mg/ml intravitreal injection - cnr at UPMC Passavant-McCandless

9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225047699

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 7, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$46.80

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.

$78.00

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.

$0.40 with UPMC Health Plan vs $18.22 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 $0.40 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $0.63 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $0.63 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $0.63 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $0.78 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $2.48 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $3.18 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $3.49 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $3.75 ↓ -92%
Cigna New Business ASO $5.10 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $5.40 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial $6.00 ↓ -87%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $6.28 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $6.80 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $6.87 ↓ -85%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $6.93 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $7.50 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $9.11 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $9.21 ↓ -80%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $10.50 ↓ -78%
InterGroup PPO $12.45 ↓ -73%
Humana Commercial $12.75 ↓ -73%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $12.75 ↓ -73%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $12.75 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $18.22 ↓ -61%

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Amikacin 4 mg/ml intravitreal injection - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $33.40 $0.40 – $9.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $74.40 $0.40 – $13.60
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $27.00 $0.40 – $13.55
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $44.55 $0.63 – $13.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $26.80 $0.63 – $4.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $11.60 $0.40 – $11.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $3.60 $0.34 – $2.43
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $26.80 $0.63 – $4.50

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