Lung function test (mbc/mvv) at UPMC Chautauqua

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

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

$67.20

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.

$112.00

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.

$11.25 with UPMC Health Plan vs $199.16 with Independent 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 $11.25 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $11.25 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $12.51 ↓ -81%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $13.57 ↓ -80%
Univera Medicare Advantage $16.29 ↓ -76%
MagnaCare Workers Compensation $43.21 ↓ -36%
MagnaCare No Fault $43.21 ↓ -36%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $67.20 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial $71.68 ↑ +7%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $72.58 ↑ +8%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE $72.58 ↑ +8%
Fidelis Medicare $72.58 ↑ +8%
Humana Medicare $72.58 ↑ +8%
Beacon Medicare Advantage $72.58 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Medicare $72.58 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $72.80 ↑ +8%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $74.03 ↑ +10%
Wellcare Medicare $74.76 ↑ +11%
Aetna Medicare $75.48 ↑ +12%
MagnaCare PPO $84.00 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare Direct Plus $84.00 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $84.00 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $84.00 ↑ +25%
GHI/Emblem Health Commercial $89.60 ↑ +33%
Beacon Commercial $90.72 ↑ +35%
Statewide Independent PPO PPO $98.56 ↑ +47%
Affordable First Health PPO $100.80 ↑ +50%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $156.81 ↑ +133%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $182.02 ↑ +171%
Independent Health Commercial $199.16 ↑ +196%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Lung function test (mbc/mvv) at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $223.00 $25.45 – $130.19
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $70.29 $17.13 – $110.46
Harlem Hospital Center New York $70.29 $17.13 – $110.46
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $70.29 $17.71 – $110.46
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $70.29 $17.71 – $110.46
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $70.29 $17.71 – $110.46
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $70.29 $17.36 – $110.46
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $70.29 $17.71 – $110.46

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