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Esmolol 2,500 mg/250 ml (10 mg/ml) IV wrapper osm only at UPMC Somerset

225 South Center Avenue, Somerset, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1912900168

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$3.00

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.

$5.00

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.

$0.22 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $0.87 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $0.22 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid $0.22 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $0.22 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $0.26 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $0.30 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $0.34 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Commercial $0.39 ↓ -87%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $0.40 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $0.50 ↓ -83%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $0.50 ↓ -83%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $0.65 ↓ -78%
Humana Commercial $0.75 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $0.87 ↓ -71%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Esmolol 2,500 mg/250 ml (10 mg/ml) IV wrapper osm only at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $13.00 $0.14 – $14.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $11.80 $0.22 – $12.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $9.60 $0.14 – $8.50
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $10.95 $0.14 – $11.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $10.95 $0.14 – $15.30
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $13.00 $0.14 – $13.60
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $11.80 $0.22 – $12.60
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $10.95 $0.22 – $15.51

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