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Phenobarbital in ns IV syringe 10 mg/ml (neonate) - 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

$42.15

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$70.25

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.

$3.47 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $37.10 with UPMC Health Plan — 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

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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $3.47 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $5.75 ↓ -86%
Cigna New Business ASO $7.82 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $8.28 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial $9.20 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $9.53 ↓ -77%
Private Health Care Systems Workers' Comp $9.63 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $9.64 ↓ -77%
Health Plan of Upper Ohio Valley Commercial $10.63 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $11.50 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $12.77 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $12.90 ↓ -69%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $16.10 ↓ -62%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $19.05 ↓ -55%
InterGroup PPO $19.09 ↓ -55%
Humana Commercial $19.55 ↓ -54%
Multiplan PPO (Includes Workers' Comp) $19.55 ↓ -54%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $19.55 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $25.53 ↓ -39%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $30.17 ↓ -28%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $30.17 ↓ -28%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $30.17 ↓ -28%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $37.10 ↓ -12%

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Phenobarbital in ns IV syringe 10 mg/ml (neonate) - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $42.00 $3.44 – $30.17
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $84.60 $3.47 – $59.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $28.60 $3.47 – $30.17
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $42.15 $3.40 – $59.71
UPMC Muncy Muncy $128.80 $12.86 – $77.17
UPMC Northwest Seneca $13.60 $4.25 – $30.17
UPMC Somerset Somerset $40.80 $3.40 – $36.47
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $128.80 $15.30 – $76.50

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