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Tobramycin in ns IV syringe 4 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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

$84.60

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.

$141.00

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.

$0.81 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $119.85 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 $0.81 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $1.50 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $2.37 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2.37 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $2.37 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $2.37 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2.92 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $12.65 ↓ -85%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $25.38 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare $35.25 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $39.61 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $40.73 ↓ -52%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $46.08 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $53.05 ↓ -37%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $53.58 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $54.56 ↓ -36%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $70.50 ↓ -17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $91.65 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $98.70 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $105.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $105.75 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $106.09 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $112.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $112.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $112.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $112.80 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $119.85 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $119.85 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $119.85 ↑ +42%

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Tobramycin in ns IV syringe 4 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $72.00 $0.93 – $12.53
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $612.00 $0.85 – $53.55
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $116.80 $0.89 – $12.65
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $84.60 $2.37 – $119.85
UPMC Northwest Seneca $64.80 $0.85 – $32.52
UPMC Somerset Somerset $49.80 $0.34 – $12.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $97.60 $2.37 – $109.80

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