Fluoroguide for spine inject 77003-26 at UPMC Chautauqua

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

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

$217.80

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.

$363.00

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.

$62.86 with UPMC Health Plan vs $326.70 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
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $62.86 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $62.86 ↓ -71%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $69.90 ↓ -68%
MagnaCare Workers Compensation $72.83 ↓ -67%
MagnaCare No Fault $72.83 ↓ -67%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $75.84 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare $96.14 ↓ -56%
Univera Medicare Advantage $110.27 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $217.80 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial $232.32 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial $235.95 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $272.25 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare PPO $272.25 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare Direct Plus $272.25 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $272.25 ↑ +25%
GHI/Emblem Health Commercial $290.40 ↑ +33%
Statewide Independent PPO PPO $319.44 ↑ +47%
Affordable First Health PPO $326.70 ↑ +50%

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Fluoroguide for spine inject 77003-26 at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $1,743.00 $56.00 – $811.82
NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital Cortlandt Manor $2,111.00 $350.51 – $512.80
NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center New York $1,743.00 $56.00 – $795.41
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $1.00 – $216.92
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $1.00 – $216.14
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $1.00 – $216.14
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $1.00 – $216.92
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $1.00 – $216.14

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