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Mayo amikacin trough therapeutic drug level 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

$111.60

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.

$186.00

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.

$12.10 with UPMC Health Plan vs $192.38 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 $12.10 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $12.65 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $14.01 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $14.90 ↓ -87%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicaid $15.08 ↓ -86%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Medicare $15.08 ↓ -86%
Aetna of PA Medicare $15.83 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $15.83 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $16.28 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $16.29 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $16.29 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $16.31 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $16.59 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $16.59 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $17.17 ↓ -85%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $17.33 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $18.75 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $34.86 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $41.36 ↓ -63%
Cigna New Business ASO $63.24 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $71.82 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $74.40 ↓ -33%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $85.93 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $96.19 ↓ -14%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $114.79 ↑ +3%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $130.20 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $153.74 ↑ +38%
InterGroup PPO $154.38 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $158.10 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $158.10 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $158.10 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $192.38 ↑ +72%

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Mayo amikacin trough therapeutic drug level at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $153.00 $12.10 – $229.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $218.40 $11.00 – $309.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $237.00 $12.10 – $335.75
UPMC Muncy Muncy $113.40 $12.10 – $151.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $237.60 $12.10 – $336.60
UPMC Somerset Somerset $109.20 $12.10 – $136.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $113.40 $12.10 – $151.20

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