Colistimethate sodium inj 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

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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.

$25.68

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.

$6.42 with Aetna vs $146.52 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
Aetna Medicare $6.42 —
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $8.25 —
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $9.27 —
Aetna EBR ASO $10.27 —
Cigna Commercial $10.27 —
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12.84 —
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $14.12 —
Aetna EBR FI $14.89 —
Aetna Neighborhood Network $15.41 —
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $15.84 —
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $16.06 —
Cigna New Business ASO $16.18 —
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $16.18 —
InterGroup PPO $16.69 —
Coventry/First Health Commercial $17.98 —
Health Coalition Partners PPO $18.49 —
Private Health Care Systems PPO $20.54 —
Humana Commercial $21.83 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $118.92 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $146.52 —

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Colistimethate sodium inj at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $16.80 $0.69 – $19.63
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $16.80 $1.00 – $76.29
UPMC East Monroeville $204.00 $8.25 – $272.00
UPMC Hanover Hanover $16.80 $13.06 – $19.63
UPMC Lititz Lititz $16.80 $13.06 – $19.63
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $381.60 $8.25 – $46.26
UPMC Memorial York $16.80 $13.06 – $37.34
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $206.40 $8.25 – $45.82

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →