Injection for bladder x-ray at UPMC Chautauqua

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

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

$201.00

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.

$335.00

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.

$40.00 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 Managed Medicaid $40.00 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $40.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $40.52 ↓ -80%
Univera Medicare Advantage $43.04 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $44.48 ↓ -78%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $48.26 ↓ -76%
MagnaCare No Fault $52.17 ↓ -74%
MagnaCare Workers Compensation $52.17 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $201.00 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial $214.40 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial $217.75 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $251.25 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare PPO $251.25 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare Direct Plus $251.25 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $251.25 ↑ +25%
GHI/Emblem Health Commercial $268.00 ↑ +33%
Statewide Independent PPO PPO $294.80 ↑ +47%
Affordable First Health PPO $301.50 ↑ +50%
BCBS of Western NY Medicaid $749.45 ↑ +273%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $1,441.46 ↑ +617%

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Injection for bladder x-ray at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $5,309.00 $701.22 – $806.40
NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital Cortlandt Manor $635.00 $388.62 – $806.40
NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center New York $5,309.00 $701.22 – $806.40
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $0.01 – $645.00
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $0.01 – $645.00
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $0.01 – $645.00
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $0.01 – $645.00
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $0.01 – $645.00

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