Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini at UPMC Chautauqua

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

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

$2,463.60

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.

$4,106.00

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.

$1,033.67 with BCBS of Western NY vs $4,955.41 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
BCBS of Western NY Medicaid $1,033.67 ↓ -58%
Univera Essential Plan $1,365.00 ↓ -45%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $1,986.93 ↓ -19%
Univera Medicare Advantage $2,161.00 ↓ -12%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2,258.30 ↓ -8%
MagnaCare Workers Compensation $2,411.08 ↓ -2%
MagnaCare No Fault $2,411.08 ↓ -2%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,463.60 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,627.84 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial $2,668.90 ↑ +8%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $3,079.50 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $3,079.50 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare Direct Plus $3,079.50 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare PPO $3,079.50 ↑ +25%
GHI/Emblem Health Commercial $3,284.80 ↑ +33%
Statewide Independent PPO PPO $3,613.28 ↑ +47%
Affordable First Health PPO $3,695.40 ↑ +50%
Independent Health Commercial $3,912.61 ↑ +59%
Fidelis Medicare $3,964.33 ↑ +61%
Humana Medicare $3,964.33 ↑ +61%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $3,964.33 ↑ +61%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE $3,964.33 ↑ +61%
Beacon Medicare Advantage $3,964.33 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,964.33 ↑ +61%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $4,043.62 ↑ +64%
Wellcare Medicare $4,083.26 ↑ +66%
Aetna Medicare $4,122.90 ↑ +67%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $4,884.85 ↑ +98%
Beacon Commercial $4,955.41 ↑ +101%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $3,839.54 $272.06 – $6,126.58
Harlem Hospital Center New York $3,839.54 $451.54 – $4,799.43
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $3,839.54 $272.06 – $6,126.58
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $3,839.54 $464.30 – $4,799.43
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $3,839.54 $464.30 – $4,799.43
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $3,839.54 $272.06 – $6,126.58
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $3,839.54 $272.06 – $6,126.58
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $3,839.54 $464.30 – $4,799.43

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