Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at UPMC Chautauqua

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

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

$105.00

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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.

$175.00

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.

$6.85 with MagnaCare vs $157.50 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 $6.85 ↓ -93%
MagnaCare No Fault $6.85 ↓ -93%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $16.00 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $20.00 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $20.00 ↓ -81%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $22.24 ↓ -79%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $47.49 ↓ -55%
Humana Medicare $47.96 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $47.96 ↓ -54%
Fidelis Medicare $47.96 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $47.96 ↓ -54%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE $47.96 ↓ -54%
Beacon Medicare Advantage $47.96 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $48.92 ↓ -53%
Wellcare Medicare $49.40 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare $49.88 ↓ -52%
Beacon Commercial $59.95 ↓ -43%
Independent Health Commercial $60.28 ↓ -43%
Univera Medicare Advantage $66.16 ↓ -37%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $105.00 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial $112.00 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial $113.75 ↑ +8%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $120.28 ↑ +15%
MagnaCare Direct Plus $131.25 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $131.25 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $131.25 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare PPO $131.25 ↑ +25%
GHI/Emblem Health Commercial $140.00 ↑ +33%
Statewide Independent PPO PPO $154.00 ↑ +47%
Affordable First Health PPO $157.50 ↑ +50%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $233.00 $13.00 – $137.44
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $46.45 $1.00 – $117.37
Harlem Hospital Center New York $46.45 $1.00 – $78.08
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $46.45 $1.00 – $117.37
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $46.45 $1.00 – $79.57
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $46.45 $1.00 – $79.57
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $46.45 $1.00 – $117.37
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $46.45 $1.00 – $117.37

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