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Mayo ethosuximide therapeutic drug level 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

$117.00

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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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$195.00

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.

$14.30 with UPMC Health Plan vs $146.25 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $14.30 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $14.92 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $14.95 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.14 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $16.18 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $16.34 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $16.34 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare $16.34 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $16.67 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $16.68 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $17.65 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid $18.07 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $24.23 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $30.67 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $31.26 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Commercial $68.06 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $68.30 ↓ -42%
Geisinger Commercial $76.79 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $78.00 ↓ -33%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $97.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $99.01 ↓ -15%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $126.75 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $146.25 ↑ +25%

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Mayo ethosuximide therapeutic drug level at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $249.60 $14.30 – $353.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $118.20 $13.62 – $177.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $318.60 $14.30 – $424.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $80.40 $14.30 – $113.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,512.60 $13.00 – $2,142.85
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $264.60 $14.11 – $374.85
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $385.60 $13.00 – $433.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $318.60 $14.30 – $424.80

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