Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at UPMC Chautauqua

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

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

$31.00

Cash price

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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.

$38.75

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.

$6.71 with Independent Health vs $34.20 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
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $6.71 ↓ -78%
Independent Health Commercial $6.71 ↓ -78%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $6.96 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $7.31 ↓ -76%
Univera Medicare Advantage $8.53 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $22.80 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Commercial $24.32 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $24.70 ↓ -20%
Humana Commercial $28.50 ↓ -8%
MagnaCare PPO $28.50 ↓ -8%
MagnaCare Direct Plus $28.50 ↓ -8%
MagnaCare Workers Compensation $28.50 ↓ -8%
MagnaCare No Fault $28.50 ↓ -8%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $28.50 ↓ -8%
GHI/Emblem Health Commercial $30.40 ↓ -2%
Statewide Independent PPO PPO $33.44 ↑ +8%
Affordable First Health PPO $34.20 ↑ +10%

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Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $27.18 $6.89 – $19.80
NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital Cortlandt Manor $27.18 $6.89 – $19.93
NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center New York $27.18 $6.89 – $19.93
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $6.37 – $8.39
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $6.37 – $8.39
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $6.37 – $8.39
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $6.37 – $8.39
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $6.37 – $8.39

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