Biopsy of prostate at UPMC Chautauqua

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

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

$891.00

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.

$1,485.00

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.

$111.88 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,128.64 with Beacon — 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $111.88 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $111.88 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $124.40 ↓ -86%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $134.97 ↓ -85%
MagnaCare No Fault $218.00 ↓ -76%
MagnaCare Workers Compensation $218.00 ↓ -76%
Univera Essential Plan $845.00 ↓ -5%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $891.00 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial $950.40 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial $965.25 ↑ +8%
BCBS of Western NY Medicaid $1,033.67 ↑ +16%
MagnaCare PPO $1,113.75 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $1,113.75 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,113.75 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare Direct Plus $1,113.75 ↑ +25%
GHI/Emblem Health Commercial $1,188.00 ↑ +33%
Statewide Independent PPO PPO $1,306.80 ↑ +47%
Affordable First Health PPO $1,336.50 ↑ +50%
Univera Medicare Advantage $1,342.00 ↑ +51%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $1,986.93 ↑ +123%
Independent Health Commercial $2,438.11 ↑ +174%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE $2,502.91 ↑ +181%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,502.91 ↑ +181%
United Healthcare Medicare $2,502.91 ↑ +181%
Humana Medicare $2,502.91 ↑ +181%
Fidelis Medicare $2,502.91 ↑ +181%
Beacon Medicare Advantage $2,502.91 ↑ +181%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $2,552.97 ↑ +187%
Wellcare Medicare $2,578.00 ↑ +189%
Aetna Medicare $2,603.03 ↑ +192%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $3,084.09 ↑ +246%
Beacon Commercial $3,128.64 ↑ +251%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Biopsy of prostate at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $2,424.12 $0.01 – $2,618.05
Harlem Hospital Center New York $2,424.12 $0.01 – $2,618.05
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $2,424.12 $0.01 – $2,618.05
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $2,424.12 $0.01 – $2,618.05
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $2,424.12 $0.01 – $2,618.05
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $2,424.12 $0.01 – $2,618.05
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $2,424.12 $0.01 – $2,618.05
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $2,424.12 $0.01 – $2,618.05

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