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Kidney (Retroperitoneal) Ultrasound (complete) at UPMC Chautauqua

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

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

$150.00

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.

$250.00

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.

$101.88 with UPMC Health Plan vs $325.85 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 CHIP $101.88 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $101.88 ↓ -32%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $113.28 ↓ -24%
Univera Medicare Advantage $114.31 ↓ -24%
MagnaCare No Fault $115.25 ↓ -23%
MagnaCare Workers Compensation $115.25 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $122.90 ↓ -18%
Beacon Medicare Advantage $129.93 ↓ -13%
Fidelis Medicare $129.93 ↓ -13%
Humana Medicare $129.93 ↓ -13%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE $129.93 ↓ -13%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $129.93 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Medicare $129.93 ↓ -13%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $132.53 ↓ -12%
Wellcare Medicare $133.83 ↓ -11%
Aetna Medicare $135.13 ↓ -10%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $150.00 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial $160.00 ↑ +7%
Beacon Commercial $162.41 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $162.50 ↑ +8%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $177.29 ↑ +18%
Humana Commercial $187.50 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare Direct Plus $187.50 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare PPO $187.50 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $187.50 ↑ +25%
GHI/Emblem Health Commercial $200.00 ↑ +33%
Statewide Independent PPO PPO $220.00 ↑ +47%
Affordable First Health PPO $225.00 ↑ +50%
Independent Health Commercial $225.18 ↑ +50%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $325.85 ↑ +117%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Kidney (Retroperitoneal) Ultrasound (complete) at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $127.14 $60.00 – $1,507.85
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $125.85 $60.00 – $1,602.09
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $127.14 $60.39 – $1,602.09
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $127.14 $60.39 – $1,602.09
Elmhurst Hospital Center NY 11373 not published $60.00 – $1,602.09
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $60.00 – $1,602.09
Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital New York not published not published
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx not published $60.39 – $1,602.09

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