CT scan for therapy guide at UPMC Chautauqua

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

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

$252.00

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.

$420.00

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.

$105.00 with Aetna vs $378.00 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
Aetna Medicare $105.00 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $124.44 ↓ -51%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $124.44 ↓ -51%
Univera Medicare Advantage $125.25 ↓ -50%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $138.36 ↓ -45%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $150.12 ↓ -40%
MagnaCare Workers Compensation $168.36 ↓ -33%
MagnaCare No Fault $168.36 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $252.00 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial $268.80 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial $273.00 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $315.00 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare PPO $315.00 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare Direct Plus $315.00 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $315.00 ↑ +25%
GHI/Emblem Health Commercial $336.00 ↑ +33%
Statewide Independent PPO PPO $369.60 ↑ +47%
Affordable First Health PPO $378.00 ↑ +50%

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CT scan for therapy guide at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $3,190.00 $160.00 – $2,476.19
NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center New York $2,166.00 $160.00 – $2,756.91
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $133.04 – $254.97
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $133.04 – $254.06
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $136.40 – $254.06
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $136.40 – $254.97
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $136.40 – $254.06
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $135.24 – $255.88

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