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Milrinone 20 mg/100 ml(200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggybk at UPMC Northwest
100 Fairfield Drive, Seneca, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1619069440
$398.40
Cash price 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.
$498.00
Gross charge 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.
$0.92 with UPMC Health Plan vs $307.72 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $0.92 | ↓ -100% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $1.45 | ↓ -100% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $1.45 | ↓ -100% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $1.45 | ↓ -100% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1.79 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $55.75 | ↓ -86% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $80.53 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $89.20 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $89.20 | ↓ -78% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $111.50 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $129.34 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $133.80 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $137.59 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $140.49 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $140.49 | ↓ -65% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $144.95 | ↓ -64% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $156.10 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Coalition Partners | PPO | $160.56 | ↓ -60% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $178.40 | ↓ -55% |
| Humana | Commercial | $189.55 | ↓ -52% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission | $249.75 | ↓ -37% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care | $307.72 | ↓ -23% |
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Milrinone 20 mg/100 ml(200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggybk at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $281.60 | $0.92 – $96.23 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $73.20 | $1.45 – $17.10 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $1,179.60 | $0.92 – $417.35 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $724.80 | $0.92 – $1,026.80 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $676.00 | $0.92 – $718.25 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $73.20 | $1.45 – $17.10 |
| UPMC Western Psychiatric | Pittsburgh | $724.80 | $1.45 – $1,026.80 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $15.20 | $1.45 – $17.10 |