Surgical pathology level 6 gross & microscopic examination at UPMC Chautauqua

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

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

$566.40

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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.

$944.00

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.

$34.85 with MagnaCare vs $2,503.13 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.

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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

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
MagnaCare Workers Compensation $34.85 ↓ -94%
MagnaCare No Fault $34.85 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $67.60 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $84.50 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $84.50 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $93.96 ↓ -83%
Univera Medicare Advantage $446.70 ↓ -21%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $566.40 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial $604.16 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial $613.60 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $708.00 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare Direct Plus $708.00 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $708.00 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare PPO $708.00 ↑ +25%
GHI/Emblem Health Commercial $755.20 ↑ +33%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $807.62 ↑ +43%
Statewide Independent PPO PPO $830.72 ↑ +47%
Affordable First Health PPO $849.60 ↑ +50%
Beacon Medicare Advantage $998.10 ↑ +76%
Humana Medicare $998.10 ↑ +76%
United Healthcare Medicare $998.10 ↑ +76%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $998.10 ↑ +76%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE $998.10 ↑ +76%
Fidelis Medicare $998.10 ↑ +76%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $1,018.06 ↑ +80%
Independent Health Commercial $1,025.71 ↑ +81%
Wellcare Medicare $1,028.04 ↑ +82%
Aetna Medicare $1,038.02 ↑ +83%
Beacon Commercial $1,247.62 ↑ +120%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $2,503.13 ↑ +342%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Surgical pathology level 6 gross & microscopic examination at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $1,498.00 $50.00 – $1,014.97
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $966.69 $1.00 – $1,508.58
Harlem Hospital Center New York $966.69 $1.00 – $1,508.58
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $966.69 $1.00 – $1,508.58
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $966.69 $1.00 – $1,508.58
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $966.69 $1.00 – $1,508.58
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $966.69 $1.00 – $1,508.58
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $966.69 $1.00 – $1,508.58

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