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Acetylcysteine 200 mg/ml (20 %) intravenous solution at UPMC Northwest

100 Fairfield Drive, Seneca, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1619069440

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

$478.80

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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.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$798.00

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.

$0.24 with UPMC Health Plan vs $12.48 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 $0.24 ↓ -100%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $0.39 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $0.39 ↓ -100%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $0.39 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $0.47 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare $3.25 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $4.69 ↓ -99%
Aetna EBR ASO $5.20 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial $5.20 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $6.50 ↓ -99%
Aetna EBR FI $7.54 ↓ -98%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $7.80 ↓ -98%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $8.02 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $8.19 ↓ -98%
Cigna New Business ASO $8.19 ↓ -98%
InterGroup PPO $8.45 ↓ -98%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $9.10 ↓ -98%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $9.36 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $10.13 ↓ -98%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $10.40 ↓ -98%
Humana Commercial $11.05 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $12.48 ↓ -97%

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Acetylcysteine 200 mg/ml (20 %) intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $648.00 $0.24 – $16.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,044.60 $0.39 – $26.10
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,142.40 $0.24 – $24.65
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,785.80 $0.24 – $65.45
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,573.20 $0.24 – $36.55
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,044.60 $0.39 – $26.10
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $81.60 $0.39 – $66.09
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,044.60 $0.39 – $26.10

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