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Phenobarbital in ns IV syringe 10 mg/ml (neonate) - cnr 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

$13.60

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.

$42.73

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.

$4.25 with Aetna vs $37.10 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 $4.25 ↓ -69%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $6.14 ↓ -55%
Aetna EBR ASO $6.80 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $6.80 ↓ -50%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $8.50 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $8.92 ↓ -34%
Aetna EBR FI $9.86 ↓ -28%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $10.20 ↓ -25%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $10.49 ↓ -23%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $10.71 ↓ -21%
Cigna New Business ASO $10.71 ↓ -21%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $11.00 ↓ -19%
InterGroup PPO $11.05 ↓ -19%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $11.90 ↓ -13%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $12.24 ↓ -10%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $13.60 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial $14.45 ↑ +6%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $19.05 ↑ +40%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $30.17 ↑ +122%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $30.17 ↑ +122%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $30.17 ↑ +122%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $37.10 ↑ +173%

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Phenobarbital in ns IV syringe 10 mg/ml (neonate) - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $42.00 $3.44 – $30.17
UPMC Muncy Muncy $128.80 $12.86 – $77.17
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $42.15 $3.47 – $30.17
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $84.60 $3.47 – $59.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $40.80 $3.40 – $36.47
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $28.60 $3.47 – $30.17
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $128.80 $15.30 – $76.50
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $42.15 $3.40 – $59.71

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