3d recon without postprocess indpndt at UPMC Hamot

201 State Street, Erie, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1487647590

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$879.00

Cash price

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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.

$1,465.00

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.

$52.31 with BCBS of Western NY vs $1,172.00 with InterGroup — 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
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $52.31 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $191.61 ↓ -78%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $218.62 ↓ -75%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $219.75 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $222.48 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Commercial $276.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial $366.25 ↓ -58%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $439.50 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $439.50 ↓ -50%
Univera Commercial $483.45 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial $586.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare $586.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $586.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $672.27 ↓ -24%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $732.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $805.75 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $805.75 ↓ -8%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $952.25 ↑ +8%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,025.50 ↑ +17%
Aetna AXA/MMO $1,025.50 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,075.63 ↑ +22%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $1,172.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Beech Street $1,172.00 ↑ +33%

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3d recon without postprocess indpndt at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $493.80 $218.62 – $658.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,491.00 $218.62 – $2,236.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,242.60 $11.92 – $1,760.35
UPMC Cole Coudersport $417.60 $22.83 – $556.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,242.60 $11.92 – $978.15
UPMC East Monroeville $1,272.00 $179.90 – $1,696.00
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,242.60 $11.92 – $383.71
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,265.40 $178.17 – $432.82

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