Puncture spinal lumbar diagnostic at UPMC Chautauqua
207 Foote Avenue, Jamestown, NY · UPMC · · NPI 1770573222
$261.60
Cash price 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.
$436.00
Gross charge 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.
$52.50 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,441.46 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $52.50 | ↓ -80% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $52.50 | ↓ -80% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $58.38 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $63.34 | ↓ -76% |
| MagnaCare | No Fault | $111.80 | ↓ -57% |
| MagnaCare | Workers Compensation | $111.80 | ↓ -57% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $261.60 | ↑ +0% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $279.04 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $283.40 | ↑ +8% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $327.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Humana | Commercial | $327.00 | ↑ +25% |
| MagnaCare | PPO | $327.00 | ↑ +25% |
| MagnaCare | Direct Plus | $327.00 | ↑ +25% |
| GHI/Emblem Health | Commercial | $348.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Statewide Independent PPO | PPO | $383.68 | ↑ +47% |
| Affordable First Health | PPO | $392.40 | ↑ +50% |
| Univera | Essential Plan | $622.00 | ↑ +138% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicaid | $749.45 | ↑ +186% |
| Beacon | Medicare Advantage | $846.13 | ↑ +223% |
| Humana | Medicare | $846.13 | ↑ +223% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $846.13 | ↑ +223% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $846.13 | ↑ +223% |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | MEDICARE | $846.13 | ↑ +223% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $846.13 | ↑ +223% |
| Independent Health | Commercial | $846.94 | ↑ +224% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $863.05 | ↑ +230% |
| Wellcare | Medicare | $871.51 | ↑ +233% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $879.98 | ↑ +236% |
| Univera | Medicare Advantage | $987.00 | ↑ +277% |
| Independent Health | Medicare Advantage | $1,042.60 | ↑ +299% |
| Beacon | Commercial | $1,057.66 | ↑ +304% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Commercial | $1,441.46 | ↑ +451% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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Puncture spinal lumbar diagnostic at other New-york hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| NewYork-Presbyterian Queens | Flushing | $2,380.00 | $70.00 – $860.43 |
| Bellevue Hospital Center | NY 10016 | $819.50 | $0.01 – $1,321.71 |
| Harlem Hospital Center | New York | $819.50 | $0.01 – $995.69 |
| Kings County Hospital Center | Brooklyn | $819.50 | $0.01 – $1,321.71 |
| Lincoln Medical Center | Bronx | $819.50 | $0.01 – $995.69 |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center | New York | $819.50 | $0.01 – $995.69 |
| Queens Hospital Center | Jamaica | $819.50 | $0.01 – $1,321.71 |
| Woodhull Medical Center | Brooklyn | $819.50 | $0.01 – $1,321.71 |