Biopsy/removal lymph nodes at UPMC Chautauqua

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

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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.

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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.

$195.00 with UPMC Health Plan vs $5,848.36 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 $195.00
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $195.00
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $216.82
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $235.25
MagnaCare No Fault $523.58
MagnaCare Workers Compensation $523.58
Univera Essential Plan $845.00
BCBS of Western NY Medicaid $1,033.67
Univera Medicare Advantage $1,342.00
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $1,986.93
Independent Health Commercial $4,518.74
Beacon Medicare Advantage $4,678.69
Humana Medicare $4,678.69
United Healthcare Medicare $4,678.69
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $4,678.69
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE $4,678.69
Fidelis Medicare $4,678.69
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $4,772.26
Wellcare Medicare $4,819.05
Aetna Medicare $4,865.84
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $5,765.08
Beacon Commercial $5,848.36
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Biopsy/removal lymph nodes at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $4,531.42 $0.01 – $7,331.36
Harlem Hospital Center New York $4,531.42 $0.01 – $5,522.96
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $4,531.42 $0.01 – $7,331.36
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $4,531.42 $0.01 – $5,522.96
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $4,531.42 $0.01 – $5,522.96
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $4,531.42 $0.01 – $7,331.36
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $4,531.42 $0.01 – $7,331.36
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $4,531.42 $0.01 – $5,522.96

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