Bone biopsy open superficial at UPMC Chautauqua

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

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

$3,851.40

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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.

$6,419.00

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.

$118.75 with UPMC Health Plan vs $5,777.10 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
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $118.75 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $118.75 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $132.04 ↓ -97%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $143.26 ↓ -96%
MagnaCare No Fault $318.62 ↓ -92%
MagnaCare Workers Compensation $318.62 ↓ -92%
Univera Essential Plan $845.00 ↓ -78%
BCBS of Western NY Medicaid $1,033.67 ↓ -73%
Univera Medicare Advantage $1,342.00 ↓ -65%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $1,986.93 ↓ -48%
Independent Health Commercial $3,395.49 ↓ -12%
Beacon Medicare Advantage $3,496.91 ↓ -9%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $3,496.91 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Medicare $3,496.91 ↓ -9%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE $3,496.91 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $3,496.91 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,496.91 ↓ -9%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $3,566.85 ↓ -7%
Wellcare Medicare $3,601.82 ↓ -6%
Aetna Medicare $3,636.79 ↓ -6%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,851.40 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,108.16 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial $4,172.35 ↑ +8%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $4,308.89 ↑ +12%
Beacon Commercial $4,371.14 ↑ +13%
MagnaCare PPO $4,814.25 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare Direct Plus $4,814.25 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $4,814.25 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $4,814.25 ↑ +25%
GHI/Emblem Health Commercial $5,135.20 ↑ +33%
Statewide Independent PPO PPO $5,648.72 ↑ +47%
Affordable First Health PPO $5,777.10 ↑ +50%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —

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Bone biopsy open superficial at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $3,386.84 $0.01 – $5,438.86
Harlem Hospital Center New York $3,386.84 $0.01 – $4,097.28
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $3,386.84 $0.01 – $5,438.86
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $3,386.84 $0.01 – $4,097.28
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $3,386.84 $0.01 – $4,097.28
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $3,386.84 $0.01 – $5,438.86
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $3,386.84 $0.01 – $5,438.86
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $3,386.84 $0.01 – $4,097.28

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