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Clindamycin 600 mg/50 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at UPMC Williamsport

700 High Street, Williamsport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 164974648

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

$45.80

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$57.25

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.

$1.83 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $9.90 with Three Rivers Provider Network — 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 $1.83 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1.83 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1.83 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1.83 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1.88 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2.01 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $2.01 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare $2.97 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2.98 ↓ -93%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $3.30 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $4.38 ↓ -90%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $4.46 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $4.80 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $5.15 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial $5.25 ↓ -89%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5.51 ↓ -88%
Wirerope Works Commercial $6.12 ↓ -87%
Aetna First Health $7.26 ↓ -84%
Geisinger Commercial $7.37 ↓ -84%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $7.40 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Commercial $7.52 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial $7.54 ↓ -84%
Multiplan Auto $8.58 ↓ -81%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $8.58 ↓ -81%
America's Choice PPO $8.80 ↓ -81%
InterGroup PPO $8.80 ↓ -81%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $9.90 ↓ -78%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Clindamycin 600 mg/50 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $47.40 $0.50 – $4.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $45.80 $1.65 – $9.90
UPMC Northwest Seneca $76.20 $0.74 – $50.15
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $58.80 $0.51 – $7.65
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $43.80 $0.51 – $11.90
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $51.80 $0.51 – $11.05
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $45.80 $0.70 – $9.90
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $43.80 $0.50 – $60.77

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