Ghs insertion of needle - bone at UPMC Chautauqua

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

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

$90.60

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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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$151.00

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.

$49.15 with Univera vs $1,222.75 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
Univera Essential Plan $49.15 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $61.88 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $61.88 ↓ -32%
Univera Medicare Advantage $66.50 ↓ -27%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $68.80 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $74.65 ↓ -18%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $90.60 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial $96.64 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial $98.15 ↑ +8%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $113.25 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $113.25 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare PPO $113.25 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare Direct Plus $113.25 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare Workers Compensation $113.25 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare No Fault $113.25 ↑ +25%
GHI/Emblem Health Commercial $120.80 ↑ +33%
Statewide Independent PPO PPO $132.88 ↑ +47%
Affordable First Health PPO $135.90 ↑ +50%
Fidelis Medicare $487.56 ↑ +438%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE $487.56 ↑ +438%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $487.56 ↑ +438%
Beacon Medicare Advantage $487.56 ↑ +438%
United Healthcare Medicare $487.56 ↑ +438%
Humana Medicare $487.56 ↑ +438%
Independent Health Commercial $496.29 ↑ +448%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $497.31 ↑ +449%
Wellcare Medicare $502.19 ↑ +454%
Aetna Medicare $507.06 ↑ +460%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $600.77 ↑ +563%
Beacon Commercial $609.45 ↑ +573%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $1,222.75 ↑ +1250%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs insertion of needle - bone at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $837.00 $79.00 – $495.79
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $472.21 $0.01 – $836.46
Harlem Hospital Center New York $472.21 $0.01 – $781.00
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $472.21 $0.01 – $836.46
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $472.21 $0.01 – $781.00
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $472.21 $0.01 – $781.00
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $472.21 $0.01 – $836.46
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $472.21 $0.01 – $836.46

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