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Inj., meropenem, vaborbactam 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

$2,716.80

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.

$4,528.00

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.

$2.03 with UPMC Health Plan vs $85.30 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 Medicare $2.03 ↓ -100%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $2.18 ↓ -100%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $2.18 ↓ -100%
Aetna of PA Medicare $2.29 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $2.29 ↓ -100%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $2.35 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2.35 ↓ -100%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $2.35 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare $2.40 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $2.40 ↓ -100%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $11.60 ↓ -100%
Cigna New Business ASO $14.62 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $15.48 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial $17.20 ↓ -99%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $18.00 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $18.16 ↓ -99%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $19.87 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $23.65 ↓ -99%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $30.10 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $31.84 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $32.19 ↓ -99%
InterGroup PPO $35.69 ↓ -99%
Humana Commercial $36.55 ↓ -99%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $36.55 ↓ -99%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $36.55 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $42.65 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $43.11 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $85.30 ↓ -97%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Inj., meropenem, vaborbactam at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,716.80 $1.82 – $40.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,622.20 $2.31 – $51.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $36.20 $1.88 – $38.25
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $36.45 $2.35 – $51.64
UPMC Muncy Muncy $991.20 $2.18 – $14.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $129.60 $2.16 – $162.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $991.20 $2.18 – $14.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $991.20 $2.18 – $14.40

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