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Pelvic MRI (without contrast) at UPMC Chautauqua

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

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

$684.60

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.

$1,141.00

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.

$253.58 with Univera vs $1,026.90 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
Univera Medicare Advantage $253.58 ↓ -63%
Beacon Medicare Advantage $295.34 ↓ -57%
Fidelis Medicare $295.34 ↓ -57%
Humana Medicare $295.34 ↓ -57%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE $295.34 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $295.34 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Medicare $295.34 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $301.25 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Medicare $304.20 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare $307.15 ↓ -55%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $366.12 ↓ -47%
Beacon Commercial $369.18 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $410.84 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $410.84 ↓ -40%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $456.82 ↓ -33%
Independent Health Commercial $464.97 ↓ -32%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $495.63 ↓ -28%
MagnaCare No Fault $585.53 ↓ -14%
MagnaCare Workers Compensation $585.53 ↓ -14%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $684.60 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial $730.24 ↑ +7%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $740.68 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $741.65 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $855.75 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare Direct Plus $855.75 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare PPO $855.75 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $855.75 ↑ +25%
GHI/Emblem Health Commercial $912.80 ↑ +33%
Statewide Independent PPO PPO $1,004.08 ↑ +47%
Affordable First Health PPO $1,026.90 ↑ +50%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Pelvic MRI (without contrast) at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $283.37 $0.01 – $2,364.18
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $280.50 $132.54 – $2,511.95
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $283.37 $131.45 – $2,511.95
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $283.37 $132.54 – $2,511.95
Elmhurst Hospital Center NY 11373 not published $151.04 – $1,702.00
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $147.50 – $1,702.00
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx not published $212.06 – $2,511.95
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $151.90 – $1,702.00

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