Plcmnt biliary drainage cath w/img ext at UPMC Chautauqua

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

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

$2,946.00

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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$4,910.00

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.

$219.32 with Univera vs $5,389.85 with Beacon — 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 Essential Plan $219.32 ↓ -93%
Univera Medicare Advantage $270.92 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $312.10 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $312.10 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $347.03 ↓ -88%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $376.52 ↓ -87%
BCBS of Western NY Medicaid $1,033.67 ↓ -65%
MagnaCare Workers Compensation $1,846.50 ↓ -37%
MagnaCare No Fault $1,846.50 ↓ -37%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $1,986.93 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,946.00 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,142.40 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial $3,191.50 ↑ +8%
MagnaCare PPO $3,682.50 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $3,682.50 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare Direct Plus $3,682.50 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $3,682.50 ↑ +25%
GHI/Emblem Health Commercial $3,928.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Medicare $4,311.88 ↑ +46%
Beacon Medicare Advantage $4,311.88 ↑ +46%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $4,311.88 ↑ +46%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE $4,311.88 ↑ +46%
United Healthcare Medicare $4,311.88 ↑ +46%
Fidelis Medicare $4,311.88 ↑ +46%
Statewide Independent PPO PPO $4,320.80 ↑ +47%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $4,398.12 ↑ +49%
Affordable First Health PPO $4,419.00 ↑ +50%
Wellcare Medicare $4,441.24 ↑ +51%
Aetna Medicare $4,484.36 ↑ +52%
Independent Health Commercial $4,655.61 ↑ +58%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $5,313.10 ↑ +80%
Beacon Commercial $5,389.85 ↑ +83%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Plcmnt biliary drainage cath w/img ext at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $4,176.15 $205.38 – $6,704.03
Harlem Hospital Center New York $4,176.15 $281.93 – $5,050.37
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $4,176.15 $205.38 – $6,704.03
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $4,176.15 $288.43 – $5,050.37
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $4,176.15 $288.43 – $5,050.37
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $4,176.15 $205.38 – $6,704.03
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $4,176.15 $205.38 – $6,704.03
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $4,176.15 $288.43 – $5,050.37

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