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Ceftazidime 4.5 mg/0.2 ml intraocular 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

$422.40

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$704.00

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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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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$0.99 with UPMC Health Plan vs $98.13 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 $0.99 ↓ -100%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1.57 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1.57 ↓ -100%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1.57 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1.93 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $4.06 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $4.44 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $11.25 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $13.34 ↓ -97%
Cigna New Business ASO $15.30 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.20 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial $18.00 ↓ -96%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $18.83 ↓ -96%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $20.79 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $22.50 ↓ -95%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $31.50 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $36.64 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $37.03 ↓ -91%
InterGroup PPO $37.35 ↓ -91%
Humana Commercial $38.25 ↓ -91%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $38.25 ↓ -91%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $38.25 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $49.07 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $49.60 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $98.13 ↓ -77%

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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 Presbyterian Pittsburgh $228.60 $0.99 – $38.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $93.60 $0.99 – $13.34
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $115.20 $1.57 – $38.25
UPMC Muncy Muncy $41.40 $1.57 – $14.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $52.80 $0.99 – $34.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset $3.00 $0.34 – $13.08
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $41.40 $1.57 – $14.40

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