Tomosynthesis breast diagnostic left at UPMC Chautauqua

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

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

$123.00

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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.

$205.00

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.

$43.33 with Independent Health vs $139.50 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
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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
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $43.33 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare $49.11 ↓ -60%
Independent Health Commercial $52.91 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $54.39 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $54.39 ↓ -56%
Univera Medicare Advantage $54.82 ↓ -55%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $60.47 ↓ -51%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $65.61 ↓ -47%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $93.00 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare Commercial $99.20 ↓ -19%
Aetna Commercial $100.75 ↓ -18%
MagnaCare PPO $116.25 ↓ -5%
MagnaCare Workers Compensation $116.25 ↓ -5%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $116.25 ↓ -5%
MagnaCare No Fault $116.25 ↓ -5%
MagnaCare Direct Plus $116.25 ↓ -5%
Humana Commercial $116.25 ↓ -5%
GHI/Emblem Health Commercial $124.00 ↑ +1%
Statewide Independent PPO PPO $136.40 ↑ +11%
Affordable First Health PPO $139.50 ↑ +13%

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Tomosynthesis breast diagnostic left at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $48.30 $30.16 – $90.92
Harlem Hospital Center New York $49.31 $30.16 – $92.52
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $49.31 $30.16 – $92.52
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $49.31 $30.16 – $92.52
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $48.30 $30.16 – $90.92
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $48.76 $30.16 – $91.42
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $49.31 $30.16 – $92.52
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $49.31 $30.16 – $92.52

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