Aluminum - quest at UPMC Chautauqua

207 Foote Avenue, Jamestown, NY · UPMC · · NPI 1770573222

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

$187.20

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.

$312.00

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.

$25.48 with UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH vs $264.60 with Affordable First Health — 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
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE $25.48 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare $25.48 ↓ -86%
Beacon Medicare Advantage $25.48 ↓ -86%
Fidelis Medicare $25.48 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare $25.48 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $25.48 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $25.48 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $25.99 ↓ -86%
Wellcare Medicare $26.24 ↓ -86%
Independent Health Commercial $26.24 ↓ -86%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $26.24 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $26.50 ↓ -86%
Univera Medicare Advantage $26.75 ↓ -86%
Beacon Commercial $31.85 ↓ -83%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $35.22 ↓ -81%
MagnaCare Workers Compensation $36.05 ↓ -81%
MagnaCare No Fault $36.05 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $44.02 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $44.02 ↓ -76%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $63.90 ↓ -66%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $176.40 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Commercial $188.16 ↑ +1%
Aetna Commercial $191.10 ↑ +2%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $220.50 ↑ +18%
Humana Commercial $220.50 ↑ +18%
MagnaCare Direct Plus $220.50 ↑ +18%
MagnaCare PPO $220.50 ↑ +18%
GHI/Emblem Health Commercial $235.20 ↑ +26%
Statewide Independent PPO PPO $258.72 ↑ +38%
Affordable First Health PPO $264.60 ↑ +41%

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Aluminum - quest at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $18.00 $11.02 – $58.80
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $25.48 $1.00 – $63.76
Harlem Hospital Center New York $25.48 $1.00 – $63.76
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $25.48 $1.00 – $63.76
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $25.48 $1.00 – $63.76
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $25.48 $1.00 – $63.76
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $25.48 $1.00 – $63.76
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $25.48 $1.00 – $63.76

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