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Ceftriaxone 1 gram solution for injection at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
$264.00
Cash price 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.
$330.00
Gross charge 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.
$0.27 with UPMC Health Plan vs $342.14 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $0.27 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $0.41 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $0.41 | ↓ -100% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $0.42 | ↓ -100% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $0.43 | ↓ -100% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $0.43 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $0.45 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $0.46 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $0.46 | ↓ -100% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $0.53 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $0.62 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $0.66 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $0.66 | ↓ -100% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $0.82 | ↓ -100% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $0.93 | ↓ -100% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $1.15 | ↓ -100% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $1.31 | ↓ -100% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $1.31 | ↓ -100% |
| Humana | Commercial | $1.39 | ↓ -99% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $44.36 | ↓ -83% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $127.74 | ↓ -52% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $128.39 | ↓ -51% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $171.07 | ↓ -35% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $171.95 | ↓ -35% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $342.14 | ↑ +30% |
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Ceftriaxone 1 gram solution for injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $102.40 | $0.27 – $43.94 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $1,013.40 | $0.27 – $118.15 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $257.40 | $0.27 – $165.75 |
| UPMC Western Psychiatric | Pittsburgh | $257.40 | $0.43 – $165.75 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $50.20 | $0.30 – $1.80 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $177.60 | $0.27 – $114.05 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $37.20 | $0.34 – $43.50 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $75.00 | $0.36 – $1.80 |