Esophagus motility study at UPMC Chautauqua

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

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

$420.00

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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.

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$700.00

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.

$34.38 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,193.68 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

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 $34.38 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $34.38 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $38.22 ↓ -91%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $41.47 ↓ -90%
MagnaCare No Fault $57.66 ↓ -86%
MagnaCare Workers Compensation $57.66 ↓ -86%
Univera Medicare Advantage $236.36 ↓ -44%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $420.00 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial $448.00 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial $455.00 ↑ +8%
MagnaCare PPO $525.00 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $525.00 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $525.00 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare Direct Plus $525.00 ↑ +25%
GHI/Emblem Health Commercial $560.00 ↑ +33%
Statewide Independent PPO PPO $616.00 ↑ +47%
Affordable First Health PPO $630.00 ↑ +50%
Independent Health Commercial $635.44 ↑ +51%
Beacon Medicare Advantage $648.30 ↑ +54%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE $648.30 ↑ +54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $648.30 ↑ +54%
United Healthcare Medicare $648.30 ↑ +54%
Humana Medicare $648.30 ↑ +54%
Fidelis Medicare $648.30 ↑ +54%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $661.27 ↑ +57%
Wellcare Medicare $667.75 ↑ +59%
Aetna Medicare $674.23 ↑ +61%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $798.84 ↑ +90%
Beacon Commercial $810.38 ↑ +93%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $1,625.87 ↑ +287%
BCBS of Western NY Medicaid $2,193.68 ↑ +422%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Esophagus motility study at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $627.89 $155.38 – $781.00
Harlem Hospital Center New York $627.89 $220.50 – $781.00
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $627.89 $155.38 – $781.00
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $627.89 $220.50 – $781.00
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $627.89 $220.50 – $781.00
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $627.89 $155.38 – $781.00
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $627.89 $155.38 – $781.00
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $627.89 $220.50 – $781.00

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