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Levofloxacin 250 mg/50 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback 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

$610.80

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

$1,018.00

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.

$0.87 with Aetna vs $117.69 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

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 $0.87 ↓ -100%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1.25 ↓ -100%
Aetna EBR ASO $1.39 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial $1.39 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $1.60 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1.74 ↓ -100%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1.91 ↓ -100%
Aetna EBR FI $2.01 ↓ -100%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2.08 ↓ -100%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2.14 ↓ -100%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2.19 ↓ -100%
Cigna New Business ASO $2.19 ↓ -100%
InterGroup PPO $2.26 ↓ -100%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2.43 ↓ -100%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $2.50 ↓ -100%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2.54 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $2.54 ↓ -100%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2.78 ↓ -100%
Humana Commercial $2.95 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3.12 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $95.52 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $117.69 ↓ -81%

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Levofloxacin 250 mg/50 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $356.40 $0.87 – $36.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $37.00 $2.25 – $13.50
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $325.80 $1.60 – $126.65
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $37.00 $2.54 – $13.50
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $325.80 $2.54 – $461.55
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $37.00 $2.54 – $13.50

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