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Amikacin 4 mg/ml intravitreal injection - cnr at UPMC St. Margaret

815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$27.00

Cash price

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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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$33.75

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.

$0.40 with UPMC Health Plan vs $19.10 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $0.40 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $0.63 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $0.63 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $0.78 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $2.48 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $3.34 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare $3.98 ↓ -85%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $4.02 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $4.12 ↓ -85%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $4.37 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $4.46 ↓ -83%
Cigna New Business ASO $4.46 ↓ -83%
Aetna EBR FI $6.06 ↓ -78%
Aetna EBR ASO $6.38 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial $6.38 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $7.13 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $7.17 ↓ -73%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $7.97 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $9.55 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $9.60 ↓ -64%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $11.16 ↓ -59%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $12.75 ↓ -53%
SelectCare Commercial $12.75 ↓ -53%
Humana Commercial $13.55 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $19.10 ↓ -29%

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Amikacin 4 mg/ml intravitreal injection - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $33.40 $0.40 – $9.90
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $46.80 $0.40 – $12.75
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $74.40 $0.40 – $13.60
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $44.55 $0.63 – $13.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $26.80 $0.63 – $4.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $11.60 $0.40 – $11.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $3.60 $0.34 – $2.43
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $26.80 $0.63 – $4.50

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