Zidovudine in d5w IV syringe 4 mg/ml (neo/peds) - 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

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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.

$67.84

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.

$0.96 with UPMC Health Plan vs $57.66 with Humana — 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 $0.96 —
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1.51 —
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1.51 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1.71 —
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1.86 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $4.92 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $4.94 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $6.59 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $6.62 —
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $13.17 —
Aetna Medicare $16.96 —
Aetna Neighborhood Network $17.10 —
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $17.52 —
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $18.59 —
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $19.00 —
Cigna New Business ASO $19.00 —
Aetna EBR FI $25.78 —
Aetna EBR ASO $27.14 —
Cigna Commercial $27.14 —
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $33.92 —
Coventry/First Health Commercial $47.49 —
Private Health Care Systems PPO $54.27 —
SelectCare Commercial $54.27 —
Humana Commercial $57.66 —

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Zidovudine in d5w IV syringe 4 mg/ml (neo/peds) - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $285.00 $0.96 – $1.71
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $94.80 $0.96 – $1.71
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $0.96 – $1.69
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $15.60 $0.14 – $2.13
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $15.60 $0.20 – $2.82
UPMC Hamot Erie $128.40 $0.96 – $4.11
UPMC Hanover Hanover $15.60 $1.51 – $2.13
UPMC Lititz Lititz $15.60 $1.51 – $2.13

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