Alprostadil for injection at UPMC Chautauqua
207 Foote Avenue, Jamestown, NY · UPMC · · NPI 1770573222
$166.80
Cash price 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.
$278.00
Gross charge 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.
$0.55 with Geisinger vs $10.90 with Aetna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $0.55 | ↓ -100% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $0.60 | ↓ -100% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $0.64 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $0.65 | ↓ -100% |
| MagnaCare | No Fault | $0.75 | ↓ -100% |
| Humana | Commercial | $0.75 | ↓ -100% |
| MagnaCare | PPO | $0.75 | ↓ -100% |
| MagnaCare | Direct Plus | $0.75 | ↓ -100% |
| MagnaCare | Workers Compensation | $0.75 | ↓ -100% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $0.75 | ↓ -100% |
| GHI/Emblem Health | Commercial | $0.80 | ↓ -100% |
| Statewide Independent PPO | PPO | $0.88 | ↓ -99% |
| Affordable First Health | PPO | $0.90 | ↓ -99% |
| Independent Health | Commercial | $9.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Independent Health | Medicare Advantage | $9.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Univera | Medicare Advantage | $10.05 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $10.90 | ↓ -93% |
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Alprostadil for injection at other New-york hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| NewYork-Presbyterian Queens | Flushing | $424.09 | $0.39 – $74.58 |
| NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital | Cortlandt Manor | $424.09 | $10.27 – $74.14 |
| NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center | New York | $424.09 | $0.39 – $68.26 |
| Bellevue Hospital Center | NY 10016 | not published | $0.67 – $12.42 |
| Harlem Hospital Center | New York | not published | $0.67 – $14.81 |
| Kings County Hospital Center | Brooklyn | not published | $0.67 – $14.81 |
| Lincoln Medical Center | Bronx | not published | $0.67 – $14.81 |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center | New York | not published | $0.67 – $14.81 |