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Promethazine hcl injection 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

$39.75

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.

$66.25

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.

$1.62 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $46.75 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
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $1.62 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $1.86 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $1.88 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $2.95 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2.95 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $2.95 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $2.95 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3.63 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $5.88 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $6.04 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $7.87 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $8.09 ↓ -80%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $9.90 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare $13.75 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $15.74 ↓ -60%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $17.97 ↓ -55%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $20.90 ↓ -47%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $27.50 ↓ -31%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $35.75 ↓ -10%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $38.50 ↓ -3%
Fidelis Medicare $41.25 ↑ +4%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $41.25 ↑ +4%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $44.00 ↑ +11%
Multiplan PPO $44.00 ↑ +11%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $44.00 ↑ +11%
SelectCare Commercial $44.00 ↑ +11%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $46.75 ↑ +18%
Humana Commercial $46.75 ↑ +18%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $46.75 ↑ +18%

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Promethazine hcl injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $16.40 $1.86 – $18.00
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $39.75 $1.70 – $22.10
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $26.60 $1.78 – $28.05
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $39.75 $1.84 – $47.39
UPMC Muncy Muncy $8.40 $1.50 – $9.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $26.40 $1.70 – $13.60
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1.80 $0.34 – $4.17
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $8.40 $1.62 – $9.00

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