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Ganciclovir in ns IV syringe 10 mg/ml (neo/ped) - 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

$1,251.60

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.

$2,086.00

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.

$24.97 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,773.10 with InterGroup — 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 $24.97 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $39.54 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $39.54 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $39.54 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $39.54 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $48.64 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $64.29 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $201.33 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $207.06 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $269.64 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $277.31 ↓ -78%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $375.48 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare $521.50 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $539.29 ↓ -57%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $681.70 ↓ -46%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $792.68 ↓ -37%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,043.00 ↓ -17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,355.90 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,460.20 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $1,564.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $1,564.50 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $1,668.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $1,668.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,668.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,668.80 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $1,773.10 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,773.10 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $1,773.10 ↑ +42%

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Ganciclovir in ns IV syringe 10 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $264.80 $9.74 – $63.68
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,251.60 $24.97 – $405.45
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $359.20 $9.74 – $64.29
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $1,251.60 $39.54 – $1,773.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $735.20 $39.54 – $827.10
UPMC Northwest Seneca $415.20 $9.74 – $165.28
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $735.20 $39.54 – $827.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $735.20 $39.54 – $827.10

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