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Lacosamide 200 mg/20 ml 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

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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.

$133.36

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.

$33.34 with Aetna vs $113.36 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
Aetna Medicare $33.34
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $48.16
Aetna EBR ASO $53.34
Cigna Commercial $53.34
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $66.68
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $73.35
Aetna EBR FI $77.35
Aetna Neighborhood Network $80.02
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $80.02
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $80.02
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $82.28
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $84.02
Cigna New Business ASO $84.02
InterGroup PPO $86.68
Coventry/First Health Commercial $93.35
Health Coalition Partners PPO $96.02
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $101.71
Private Health Care Systems PPO $106.69
Humana Commercial $113.36

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Lacosamide 200 mg/20 ml intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $171.00 $0.25 – $0.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $327.00 $0.30 – $1.80
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $171.00 $0.25 – $0.85
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $227.40 $0.18 – $0.85
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $171.00 $0.25 – $0.85
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $327.00 $0.36 – $1.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $327.00 $0.54 – $1.80

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