#acylcarnitineprfl 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

$315.00

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.

$525.00

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.

$16.67 with UPMC Work Partners vs $420.00 with Multiplan — 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.67 ↓ -95%
Fidelis Medicare $16.87 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $17.21 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $17.22 ↓ -95%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $17.38 ↓ -94%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $17.38 ↓ -94%
Independent Health Commercial $17.38 ↓ -94%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $17.71 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare $18.05 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $18.22 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18.22 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $18.22 ↓ -94%
Cigna Medicare $18.22 ↓ -94%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $23.11 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Commercial $23.18 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $44.78 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $68.79 ↓ -78%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $78.75 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial $131.25 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $135.31 ↓ -57%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $157.50 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $157.50 ↓ -50%
Univera Commercial $173.25 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial $210.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $210.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $216.49 ↓ -31%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $288.75 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $288.75 ↓ -8%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $341.25 ↑ +8%
Aetna AXA/MMO $367.50 ↑ +17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $367.50 ↑ +17%
InterGroup Beech Street $420.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $420.00 ↑ +33%

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#acylcarnitineprfl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $222.60 $16.67 – $296.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $316.80 $6.09 – $475.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $36.00 $8.22 – $51.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $36.00 $12.00 – $137.76
UPMC East Monroeville $180.60 $16.67 – $240.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $144.60 $15.30 – $18.22
UPMC Hanover Hanover $36.00 $13.48 – $137.76
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $440.40 $15.10 – $31.66

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