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Cefepime 1 gram solution for injection 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

$43.40

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.

$54.25

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.

$0.77 with UPMC Health Plan vs $46.78 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 $0.77 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1.22 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1.22 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1.22 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1.50 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $1.67 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2.41 ↓ -94%
Aetna EBR ASO $2.67 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial $2.67 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3.34 ↓ -92%
Aetna EBR FI $3.87 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $3.92 ↓ -91%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $4.01 ↓ -91%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $4.12 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $4.21 ↓ -90%
Cigna New Business ASO $4.21 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $4.29 ↓ -90%
InterGroup PPO $4.34 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicaid $4.48 ↓ -90%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4.68 ↓ -89%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $4.81 ↓ -89%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $5.34 ↓ -88%
Humana Commercial $5.68 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $37.97 ↓ -13%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $46.78 ↑ +8%

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Cefepime 1 gram solution for injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $51.00 $0.77 – $14.63
UPMC Muncy Muncy $186.60 $1.22 – $69.30
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $124.20 $0.77 – $28.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $85.20 $0.77 – $120.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $8.40 $0.67 – $14.48
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $126.40 $0.77 – $14.77
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $186.60 $1.22 – $69.30
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $85.20 $1.22 – $120.70

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