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Vasectomy at UPMC Chautauqua
207 Foote Avenue, Jamestown, NY · UPMC · · NPI 1770573222
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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.
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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.
$185.62 with UPMC Health Plan vs $5,586.63 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $185.62 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $185.62 | — |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $206.40 | — |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $223.94 | — |
| MagnaCare | No Fault | $348.43 | — |
| MagnaCare | Workers Compensation | $348.43 | — |
| Univera | Essential Plan | $845.00 | — |
| Univera | Medicare Advantage | $1,342.00 | — |
| UHC Medicaid NY | Medicaid | $1,634.44 | — |
| Fidelis | Family Health Plus/Medicaid | $1,634.44 | — |
| Beacon | Managed Medicaid | $1,634.44 | — |
| Molina Healthcare of NY | CHIP (For Kids)/Medicaid | $1,634.44 | — |
| BCBS of Western NY | Essential Plans 3&4 | $1,634.44 | — |
| Fidelis | Child Health Plus | $1,634.44 | — |
| Univera | CHIP (For Kids)/HARP/NY Medicaid | $1,716.16 | — |
| BCBS of Western NY | Essential Plans 1&2 | $1,961.33 | — |
| CORVEL | WC | $2,206.49 | — |
| Independent Health | Commercial | $2,438.11 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $2,502.91 | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $2,502.91 | — |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | MEDICARE | $2,502.91 | — |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $2,502.91 | — |
| Humana | Medicare | $2,502.91 | — |
| Beacon | Medicare Advantage | $2,502.91 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $2,552.97 | — |
| Wellcare | Medicare | $2,578.00 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare | $2,603.03 | — |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicaid | $2,904.64 | — |
| Independent Health | Medicare Advantage | $3,084.09 | — |
| Beacon | Commercial | $3,128.64 | — |
| Fidelis | Essential Plan | $3,677.49 | — |
| Molina Healthcare of NY | Essential Plan | $3,677.49 | — |
| BCBS of Western NY | Commercial | $5,586.63 | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Vasectomy at other New-york hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bellevue Hospital Center | NY 10016 | $2,355.42 | $0.01 – $4,935.13 |
| Kings County Hospital Center | Brooklyn | $2,331.55 | $132.91 – $5,243.57 |
| Queens Hospital Center | Jamaica | $2,355.42 | $129.74 – $5,243.57 |
| Woodhull Medical Center | Brooklyn | $2,355.42 | $132.91 – $5,243.57 |
| Elmhurst Hospital Center | NY 11373 | not published | $0.01 – $4,632.50 |
| Harlem Hospital Center | New York | not published | $207.18 – $4,632.50 |
| Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital | New York | not published | not published |
| Jacobi Medical Center | Bronx | not published | $0.01 – $5,243.57 |