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Ceftazidime 4.5 mg/0.2 ml intraocular injection - cnr at UPMC Presbyterian

200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$228.60

Cash price

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$381.00

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.

$0.99 with UPMC Health Plan vs $111.92 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 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1.57 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1.57 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1.57 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1.93 ↓ -99%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $3.86 ↓ -98%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $8.10 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare $11.25 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $13.34 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $14.71 ↓ -94%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $17.10 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $22.50 ↓ -90%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $29.25 ↓ -87%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $31.50 ↓ -86%
Fidelis Medicare $33.75 ↓ -85%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $33.75 ↓ -85%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $36.00 ↓ -84%
Multiplan PPO $36.00 ↓ -84%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $36.00 ↓ -84%
SelectCare Commercial $36.00 ↓ -84%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $38.25 ↓ -83%
Humana Commercial $38.25 ↓ -83%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $38.25 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $41.78 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $42.97 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $55.96 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $57.55 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $111.92 ↓ -51%

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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 St. Margaret Pittsburgh $93.60 $0.99 – $13.34
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $115.20 $1.57 – $38.25
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $422.40 $0.99 – $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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