Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 at UPMC Chautauqua

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

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

$791.40

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.

$1,319.00

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.

$46.25 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,441.46 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 CHIP $46.25 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $46.25 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $51.43 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $55.80 ↓ -93%
MagnaCare No Fault $152.78 ↓ -81%
MagnaCare Workers Compensation $152.78 ↓ -81%
Univera Essential Plan $622.00 ↓ -21%
BCBS of Western NY Medicaid $749.45 ↓ -5%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $791.40 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial $844.16 ↑ +7%
Humana Medicare $846.13 ↑ +7%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE $846.13 ↑ +7%
Beacon Medicare Advantage $846.13 ↑ +7%
Fidelis Medicare $846.13 ↑ +7%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $846.13 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare Medicare $846.13 ↑ +7%
Independent Health Commercial $846.94 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial $857.35 ↑ +8%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $863.05 ↑ +9%
Wellcare Medicare $871.51 ↑ +10%
Aetna Medicare $879.98 ↑ +11%
Univera Medicare Advantage $987.00 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare Direct Plus $989.25 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare PPO $989.25 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $989.25 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $989.25 ↑ +25%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $1,042.60 ↑ +32%
GHI/Emblem Health Commercial $1,055.20 ↑ +33%
Beacon Commercial $1,057.66 ↑ +34%
Statewide Independent PPO PPO $1,160.72 ↑ +47%
Affordable First Health PPO $1,187.10 ↑ +50%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $1,441.46 ↑ +82%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $5,394.00 $89.00 – $860.43
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $819.50 $0.01 – $1,321.71
Harlem Hospital Center New York $819.50 $0.01 – $995.69
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $819.50 $0.01 – $1,321.71
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $819.50 $0.01 – $995.69
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $819.50 $0.01 – $995.69
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $819.50 $0.01 – $1,321.71
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $819.50 $0.01 – $1,321.71

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