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Piperacillin-tazobactam 3.375 gram intravenous solution 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

$660.00

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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

$1,100.00

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.

$0.68 with UPMC Health Plan vs $234.60 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 $0.68 ↓ -100%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1.07 ↓ -100%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1.07 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1.07 ↓ -100%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1.07 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1.32 ↓ -100%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $9.78 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $30.62 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $31.49 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $41.01 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $42.17 ↓ -94%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $49.68 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $69.00 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $82.01 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $90.20 ↓ -86%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $104.88 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $138.00 ↓ -79%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $179.40 ↓ -73%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $193.20 ↓ -71%
Fidelis Medicare $207.00 ↓ -69%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $207.00 ↓ -69%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $220.80 ↓ -67%
Multiplan PPO $220.80 ↓ -67%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $220.80 ↓ -67%
SelectCare Commercial $220.80 ↓ -67%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $234.60 ↓ -64%
Humana Commercial $234.60 ↓ -64%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $234.60 ↓ -64%

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Piperacillin-tazobactam 3.375 gram intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $80.00 $0.68 – $9.68
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $165.60 $0.68 – $11.05
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $413.60 $0.68 – $9.78
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $165.60 $1.07 – $234.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $114.00 $1.07 – $40.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $115.20 $0.68 – $25.13
UPMC Somerset Somerset $9.00 $0.34 – $9.59
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $114.00 $1.07 – $40.50

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