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Phenytoin in ns IV syringe 5 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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

$300.00

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.

$500.00

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.

$0.45 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $4.50 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
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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 $0.45 ↓ -100%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $0.45 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $0.45 ↓ -100%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $0.45 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $0.47 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $0.50 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $0.50 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare $1.35 ↓ -100%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1.36 ↓ -100%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1.50 ↓ -100%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1.99 ↓ -99%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $2.03 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2.18 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $2.34 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial $2.38 ↓ -99%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2.50 ↓ -99%
Wirerope Works Commercial $2.78 ↓ -99%
Aetna First Health $3.30 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Commercial $3.35 ↓ -99%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $3.37 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial $3.42 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Commercial $3.42 ↓ -99%
Multiplan Auto $3.90 ↓ -99%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $3.90 ↓ -99%
America's Choice PPO $4.00 ↓ -99%
InterGroup PPO $4.00 ↓ -99%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $4.50 ↓ -99%

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Phenytoin in ns IV syringe 5 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $417.00 $0.29 – $30.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $15.00 $0.45 – $4.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $722.40 $0.29 – $51.00
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $765.60 $0.29 – $51.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $883.20 $0.29 – $62.05
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $771.60 $0.29 – $55.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $15.00 $0.45 – $4.50
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $44.25 $0.45 – $62.69

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