Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium 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

$454.20

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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.

$757.00

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.

$0.04 with BCBS of Western NY vs $605.60 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 $0.04 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $17.42 ↓ -96%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $113.55 ↓ -75%
Fidelis Medicare $172.16 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare $175.60 ↓ -61%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $175.74 ↓ -61%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $177.32 ↓ -61%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $180.77 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Medicare $184.21 ↓ -59%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $185.92 ↓ -59%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $185.93 ↓ -59%
Cigna Medicare $185.93 ↓ -59%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $185.93 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial $189.25 ↓ -58%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $227.10 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $227.10 ↓ -50%
Univera Commercial $249.81 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial $302.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $302.80 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $344.06 ↓ -24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $370.93 ↓ -18%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $378.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $416.35 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $416.35 ↓ -8%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $492.05 ↑ +8%
Aetna AXA/MMO $529.90 ↑ +17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $529.90 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $593.49 ↑ +31%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $605.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Beech Street $605.60 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $293.40 $34.89 – $391.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,960.80 $34.89 – $2,777.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,960.80 $34.89 – $399.50
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,960.80 $34.89 – $239.15
UPMC Lititz Lititz $1,960.80 $34.89 – $240.43
UPMC Memorial York $1,960.80 $34.89 – $496.96
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $265.80 $50.63 – $164.09
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $377.40 $56.41 – $164.09

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