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Ceftazidime and avibactam 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

$935.40

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.

$1,559.00

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.

$52.02 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $401.19 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $52.02 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $66.13 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $90.42 ↓ -90%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $98.03 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $100.48 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $104.73 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $104.73 ↓ -89%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $106.59 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $108.92 ↓ -88%
Cigna New Business ASO $108.92 ↓ -88%
Aetna of PA Medicare $109.97 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $113.10 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $113.11 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare $115.20 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $128.82 ↓ -86%
Aetna EBR FI $147.82 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $149.79 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $150.55 ↓ -84%
Aetna EBR ASO $155.60 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial $155.60 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $200.59 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $201.63 ↓ -78%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $272.30 ↓ -71%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $311.20 ↓ -67%
SelectCare Commercial $311.20 ↓ -67%
Humana Commercial $330.65 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $401.19 ↓ -57%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Ceftazidime and avibactam at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $935.40 $51.53 – $350.10
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $991.80 $52.02 – $330.65
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,248.60 $52.02 – $442.00
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $312.00 $50.97 – $442.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,516.80 $94.95 – $569.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $237.00 $51.00 – $296.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,516.80 $104.73 – $569.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,516.80 $104.73 – $569.70

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