Inj cefazolin sodium, baxter 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

$19.65

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.

$32.75

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.

$0.82 with UPMC Health Plan vs $27.20 with Health Payors Organization — 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 $0.82 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $1.07 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1.30 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1.30 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1.30 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1.30 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1.60 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $3.35 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $3.44 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $4.49 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $4.61 ↓ -77%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $5.76 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare $8.00 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $8.97 ↓ -54%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $10.46 ↓ -47%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $12.16 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $16.00 ↓ -19%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $20.80 ↑ +6%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $22.40 ↑ +14%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $24.00 ↑ +22%
Fidelis Medicare $24.00 ↑ +22%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $25.60 ↑ +30%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $25.60 ↑ +30%
SelectCare Commercial $25.60 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO $25.60 ↑ +30%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $27.20 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $27.20 ↑ +38%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $27.20 ↑ +38%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Inj cefazolin sodium, baxter at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $19.65 $0.82 – $1.36
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $13.40 $0.82 – $1.30
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $19.65 $0.82 – $1.30
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $16.40 $0.82 – $1.30
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $19.65 $1.05 – $1.30
UPMC East Monroeville $16.40 $0.82 – $16.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $8.60 $0.82 – $3.35
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $19.80 $0.82 – $2.70

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