Tc-99m exametazime diag at UPMC Chautauqua

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

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

$1,696.20

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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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$2,827.00

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.

$802.34 with United Healthcare vs $2,544.30 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

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
United Healthcare Medicare $802.34 ↓ -53%
Beacon Medicare Advantage $802.34 ↓ -53%
Fidelis Medicare $802.34 ↓ -53%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE $802.34 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $802.34 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $802.34 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $818.39 ↓ -52%
Wellcare Medicare $826.41 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare $834.43 ↓ -51%
Beacon Commercial $1,002.92 ↓ -41%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,554.85 ↓ -8%
Independent Health Commercial $1,559.34 ↓ -8%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $1,559.34 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,696.20 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,809.28 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial $1,837.55 ↑ +8%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $2,012.19 ↑ +19%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $2,120.25 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare PPO $2,120.25 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare No Fault $2,120.25 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare Direct Plus $2,120.25 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $2,120.25 ↑ +25%
MagnaCare Workers Compensation $2,120.25 ↑ +25%
GHI/Emblem Health Commercial $2,261.60 ↑ +33%
Statewide Independent PPO PPO $2,487.76 ↑ +47%
Affordable First Health PPO $2,544.30 ↑ +50%

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Tc-99m exametazime diag at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $802.34 $641.87 – $1,886.80
Harlem Hospital Center New York $802.34 $641.87 – $1,886.80
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $802.34 $641.87 – $1,886.80
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $802.34 $641.87 – $1,886.80
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $802.34 $641.87 – $1,886.80
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $802.34 $641.87 – $1,886.80
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $802.34 $641.87 – $1,886.80
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $802.34 $641.87 – $1,886.80

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