Drain thigh/knee lesion 27301 at UPMC Chautauqua

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

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

$1,914.60

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.

$3,191.00

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.

$110.62 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,371.14 with Beacon — 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 $110.62 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $110.62 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $123.01 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $133.46 ↓ -93%
MagnaCare Workers Compensation $601.84 ↓ -69%
MagnaCare No Fault $601.84 ↓ -69%
Univera Essential Plan $974.00 ↓ -49%
BCBS of Western NY Medicaid $1,268.60 ↓ -34%
Univera Medicare Advantage $1,544.00 ↓ -19%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,914.60 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,042.24 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial $2,074.15 ↑ +8%
MagnaCare PPO $2,393.25 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare Direct Plus $2,393.25 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $2,393.25 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $2,393.25 ↑ +25%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $2,439.85 ↑ +27%
GHI/Emblem Health Commercial $2,552.80 ↑ +33%
Statewide Independent PPO PPO $2,808.08 ↑ +47%
Affordable First Health PPO $2,871.90 ↑ +50%
Independent Health Commercial $3,395.49 ↑ +77%
Humana Medicare $3,496.91 ↑ +83%
Fidelis Medicare $3,496.91 ↑ +83%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE $3,496.91 ↑ +83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $3,496.91 ↑ +83%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,496.91 ↑ +83%
Beacon Medicare Advantage $3,496.91 ↑ +83%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $3,566.85 ↑ +86%
Wellcare Medicare $3,601.82 ↑ +88%
Aetna Medicare $3,636.79 ↑ +90%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $4,308.89 ↑ +125%
Beacon Commercial $4,371.14 ↑ +128%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Drain thigh/knee lesion 27301 at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $14,194.00 $1,299.97 – $3,555.99
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $3,386.84 $0.01 – $5,438.86
Harlem Hospital Center New York $3,386.84 $0.01 – $4,097.28
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $3,386.84 $0.01 – $5,438.86
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $3,386.84 $0.01 – $4,097.28
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $3,386.84 $0.01 – $4,097.28
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $3,386.84 $0.01 – $5,438.86
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $3,386.84 $0.01 – $5,438.86

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