Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 at UPMC Chautauqua

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

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

$559.20

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.

$932.00

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.

$81.88 with UPMC Health Plan vs $5,586.63 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.

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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 $81.88 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $81.88 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $91.04 ↓ -84%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $98.77 ↓ -82%
MagnaCare No Fault $139.75 ↓ -75%
MagnaCare Workers Compensation $139.75 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $559.20 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial $596.48 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial $605.80 ↑ +8%
Univera Essential Plan $622.00 ↑ +11%
MagnaCare PPO $699.00 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare Direct Plus $699.00 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $699.00 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $699.00 ↑ +25%
GHI/Emblem Health Commercial $745.60 ↑ +33%
Statewide Independent PPO PPO $820.16 ↑ +47%
Affordable First Health PPO $838.80 ↑ +50%
Independent Health Commercial $853.03 ↑ +53%
Humana Medicare $859.66 ↑ +54%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE $859.66 ↑ +54%
Beacon Medicare Advantage $859.66 ↑ +54%
Fidelis Medicare $859.66 ↑ +54%
United Healthcare Medicare $859.66 ↑ +54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $859.66 ↑ +54%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $876.85 ↑ +57%
Wellcare Medicare $885.45 ↑ +58%
Aetna Medicare $894.05 ↑ +60%
Univera Medicare Advantage $987.00 ↑ +77%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $1,059.27 ↑ +89%
Beacon Commercial $1,074.58 ↑ +92%
BCBS of Western NY Medicaid $2,904.64 ↑ +419%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $5,586.63 ↑ +899%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $832.60 $0.01 – $1,325.93
Harlem Hospital Center New York $832.60 $0.01 – $998.86
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $832.60 $0.01 – $1,325.93
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $832.60 $0.01 – $998.86
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $832.60 $0.01 – $998.86
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $832.60 $0.01 – $1,325.93
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $832.60 $0.01 – $1,325.93
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $832.60 $0.01 – $998.86

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