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Milrinone 20 mg/100 ml(200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggybk 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

$724.80

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

$1,208.00

Gross charge

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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.

$0.92 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,026.80 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 $0.92 ↓ -100%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1.45 ↓ -100%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1.45 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1.45 ↓ -100%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1.45 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1.79 ↓ -100%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $97.15 ↓ -87%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $217.44 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare $302.00 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $304.23 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $312.88 ↓ -57%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $394.77 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $407.46 ↓ -44%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $419.04 ↓ -42%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $459.04 ↓ -37%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $604.00 ↓ -17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $785.20 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $814.91 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $845.60 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $906.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $906.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $966.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $966.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $966.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $966.40 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $1,026.80 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,026.80 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $1,026.80 ↑ +42%

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Milrinone 20 mg/100 ml(200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggybk at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $281.60 $0.92 – $96.23
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,179.60 $0.92 – $417.35
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $676.00 $0.92 – $718.25
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $724.80 $1.45 – $1,026.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $73.20 $1.45 – $17.10
UPMC Northwest Seneca $398.40 $0.92 – $249.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $73.20 $1.45 – $17.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $15.20 $1.45 – $17.10

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