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Ankle X-ray at UPMC Chautauqua
207 Foote Avenue, Jamestown, NY · UPMC · · NPI 1770573222
$122.40
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.
$204.00
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.
$38.21 with MagnaCare vs $269.80 with BCBS of Western NY — 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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| MagnaCare | No Fault | $38.21 | ↓ -69% |
| MagnaCare | Workers Compensation | $38.21 | ↓ -69% |
| Univera | Medicare Advantage | $38.30 | ↓ -69% |
| Independent Health | Medicare Advantage | $92.72 | ↓ -24% |
| Beacon | Medicare Advantage | $107.58 | ↓ -12% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $107.58 | ↓ -12% |
| Humana | Medicare | $107.58 | ↓ -12% |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | MEDICARE | $107.58 | ↓ -12% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $107.58 | ↓ -12% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $107.58 | ↓ -12% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $109.73 | ↓ -10% |
| Wellcare | Medicare | $110.81 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $111.88 | ↓ -9% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $112.20 | ↓ -8% |
| Independent Health | Commercial | $117.77 | ↓ -4% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $122.40 | ↑ +0% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $130.56 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $132.60 | ↑ +8% |
| Beacon | Commercial | $134.47 | ↑ +10% |
| Humana | Commercial | $153.00 | ↑ +25% |
| MagnaCare | Direct Plus | $153.00 | ↑ +25% |
| MagnaCare | PPO | $153.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $153.00 | ↑ +25% |
| GHI/Emblem Health | Commercial | $163.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Statewide Independent PPO | PPO | $179.52 | ↑ +47% |
| Affordable First Health | PPO | $183.60 | ↑ +50% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Commercial | $269.80 | ↑ +120% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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Ankle X-ray at other New-york hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue Hospital Center | NY 10016 | $105.08 | $12.50 – $270.60 |
| Kings County Hospital Center | Brooklyn | $104.02 | $12.50 – $287.51 |
| Queens Hospital Center | Jamaica | $105.08 | $12.50 – $287.51 |
| Woodhull Medical Center | Brooklyn | $105.08 | $21.02 – $287.51 |
| Elmhurst Hospital Center | NY 11373 | not published | $12.50 – $198.76 |
| Harlem Hospital Center | New York | not published | $17.44 – $198.76 |
| Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital | New York | not published | not published |
| Jacobi Medical Center | Bronx | not published | $24.08 – $287.51 |