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Linezolid in 5% dextrose in water 600 mg/300 ml 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

$164.00

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$205.00

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.

$3.57 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $184.50 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 $3.57 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $3.57 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $3.57 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $3.57 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3.67 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3.93 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $3.93 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare $55.35 ↓ -66%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $55.60 ↓ -66%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $61.42 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $81.57 ↓ -50%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $83.13 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $89.38 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $96.06 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial $97.78 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $102.70 ↓ -37%
Wirerope Works Commercial $113.98 ↓ -31%
Aetna First Health $135.30 ↓ -18%
Geisinger Commercial $137.35 ↓ -16%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $137.97 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Commercial $140.22 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial $140.43 ↓ -14%
Multiplan Auto $159.90 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $159.90 ↓ -3%
America's Choice PPO $164.00 ↑ +0%
InterGroup PPO $164.00 ↑ +0%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $184.50 ↑ +13%

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Linezolid in 5% dextrose in water 600 mg/300 ml intravenous piggyback at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $240.80 $2.25 – $71.51
UPMC Muncy Muncy $370.20 $3.57 – $184.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $253.60 $2.25 – $144.39
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $883.80 $2.25 – $96.05
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $883.80 $2.25 – $120.70
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $504.00 $2.25 – $67.54
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $370.20 $3.57 – $184.50
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $883.80 $3.57 – $1,019.15

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