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Milrinone 20 mg/100 ml(200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggybk at UPMC Wellsboro

32-36 Central Ave, Wellsboro, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1427501766

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

$73.20

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

$122.00

Gross charge

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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.

$1.45 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $18.05 with Multiplan — 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1.45 ↓ -98%
Geisinger CHIP $1.45 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1.45 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1.45 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1.45 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1.60 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $1.60 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare $3.42 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $3.80 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3.80 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $3.88 ↓ -95%
Cigna Medicare $3.99 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare $4.07 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $4.10 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $7.18 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $8.16 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $8.28 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $9.61 ↓ -87%
Wirerope Works Commercial $10.56 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Commercial $12.73 ↓ -83%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $13.94 ↓ -81%
Multiplan Auto $14.82 ↓ -80%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $14.82 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Commercial $16.15 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial $16.40 ↓ -78%
America's Choice PPO $17.10 ↓ -77%
InterGroup PPO $17.10 ↓ -77%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $18.05 ↓ -75%

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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 Northwest Seneca $398.40 $0.92 – $249.75
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 Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $724.80 $1.45 – $1,026.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $15.20 $1.45 – $17.10

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