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Clonidine (pf) 1,000 mcg/10 ml (100 mcg/ml) epidural solution at UPMC Presbyterian
200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412
$348.60
Cash price 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.
$581.00
Gross charge 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.
$11.47 with UPMC Health Plan vs $802.79 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $11.47 | ↓ -97% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $18.17 | ↓ -95% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $18.17 | ↓ -95% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $18.17 | ↓ -95% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $18.17 | ↓ -95% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $22.35 | ↓ -94% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $95.70 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $98.64 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $137.00 | ↓ -61% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $179.09 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $208.24 | ↓ -40% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $274.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $299.71 | ↓ -14% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $308.23 | ↓ -12% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $356.20 | ↑ +2% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $383.60 | ↑ +10% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $401.40 | ↑ +15% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $411.00 | ↑ +18% |
| InterGroup | InterGroup Services Corporation | $411.00 | ↑ +18% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $412.81 | ↑ +18% |
| Health Coalition Partners | Intergroup | $438.40 | ↑ +26% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $438.40 | ↑ +26% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $438.40 | ↑ +26% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $438.40 | ↑ +26% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $465.80 | ↑ +34% |
| Humana | Commercial | $465.80 | ↑ +34% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $465.80 | ↑ +34% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $802.79 | ↑ +130% |
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Clonidine (pf) 1,000 mcg/10 ml (100 mcg/ml) epidural solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $348.60 | $11.47 – $389.30 |
| UPMC Western Psychiatric | Pittsburgh | $348.60 | $18.17 – $465.80 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $453.60 | $18.17 – $135.90 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $453.60 | $18.17 – $135.90 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $729.60 | $18.17 – $135.90 |