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Remdesivir 100 mg intravenous powder for 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

$16.80

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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.

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.

$28.00

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.

$2.38 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $23.80 with Humana — 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $2.38 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $4.25 ↓ -75%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $6.73 ↓ -60%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $6.73 ↓ -60%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $6.73 ↓ -60%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $6.73 ↓ -60%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $7.13 ↓ -58%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $7.27 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Medicare $7.27 ↓ -57%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $7.27 ↓ -57%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $7.27 ↓ -57%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $7.27 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare $7.40 ↓ -56%
Aetna of PA Medicare $7.40 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $7.46 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $7.68 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $8.28 ↓ -51%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $9.15 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $10.00 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $10.28 ↓ -39%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $10.64 ↓ -37%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $18.20 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $19.60 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $19.99 ↑ +19%
Fidelis Medicare $21.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $21.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $22.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $22.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $22.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $22.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $23.80 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $23.80 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $23.80 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Remdesivir 100 mg intravenous powder for solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $17.00 $2.36 – $18.90
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $16.80 $2.38 – $17.85
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $17.00 $2.38 – $17.85
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $16.80 $2.34 – $23.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $16.00 $3.00 – $18.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $17.00 $4.25 – $17.85
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $16.00 $3.60 – $18.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $16.00 $5.42 – $18.00

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