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Meropenem 1 gram intravenous solution at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
$100.80
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.
$126.00
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 $75.55 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% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $0.42 | ↓ -100% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $0.42 | ↓ -100% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $0.52 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $2.20 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $2.22 | ↓ -98% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $2.27 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $2.41 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $2.46 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $2.46 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $3.34 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $3.52 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $3.52 | ↓ -97% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $4.39 | ↓ -96% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $6.15 | ↓ -94% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $6.17 | ↓ -94% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $7.03 | ↓ -93% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $7.03 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | Commercial | $7.47 | ↓ -93% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $9.80 | ↓ -90% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $28.21 | ↓ -72% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $28.35 | ↓ -72% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $37.77 | ↓ -63% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $37.97 | ↓ -62% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $75.55 | ↓ -25% |
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Meropenem 1 gram intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $27.80 | $0.27 – $9.70 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $470.40 | $0.27 – $9.80 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $177.00 | $0.27 – $250.75 |
| UPMC Western Psychiatric | Pittsburgh | $177.00 | $0.42 – $250.75 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $55.20 | $0.42 – $8.10 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $77.20 | $0.27 – $25.18 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $17.40 | $0.42 – $9.60 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $55.20 | $0.42 – $8.10 |