Chylomicron screen, bf - sendout at UPMC Chautauqua

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

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

$198.00

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.

$330.00

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.

$27.64 with MagnaCare vs $297.00 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
MagnaCare Workers Compensation $27.64 ↓ -86%
MagnaCare No Fault $27.64 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare $61.50 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare $61.50 ↓ -69%
Fidelis Medicare $61.50 ↓ -69%
Beacon Medicare Advantage $61.50 ↓ -69%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $61.50 ↓ -69%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $61.50 ↓ -69%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE $61.50 ↓ -69%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $62.73 ↓ -68%
Wellcare Medicare $63.34 ↓ -68%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $63.35 ↓ -68%
Independent Health Commercial $63.35 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare $63.96 ↓ -68%
Univera Medicare Advantage $64.58 ↓ -67%
Beacon Commercial $76.88 ↓ -61%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $154.24 ↓ -22%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $198.00 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial $211.20 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial $214.50 ↑ +8%
MagnaCare Direct Plus $247.50 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $247.50 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare PPO $247.50 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $247.50 ↑ +25%
GHI/Emblem Health Commercial $264.00 ↑ +33%
Statewide Independent PPO PPO $290.40 ↑ +47%
Affordable First Health PPO $297.00 ↑ +50%

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Chylomicron screen, bf - sendout at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $145.00 $42.00 – $81.71
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $61.50 $22.03 – $153.35
Harlem Hospital Center New York $61.50 $38.33 – $153.35
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $61.50 $22.03 – $153.35
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $61.50 $38.33 – $153.35
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $61.50 $38.33 – $153.35
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $61.50 $22.03 – $153.35
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $61.50 $22.03 – $153.35

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