Administration chemotherapy IV infusion up to 1 hour single/initial substance/drug 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

$1,187.40

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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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$1,979.00

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.

$137.28 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,583.20 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

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 Health Plan Managed Medicaid $137.28 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $143.52 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicaid $149.76 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $156.63 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $173.46 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $185.08 ↓ -84%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $187.76 ↓ -84%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $188.20 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $194.83 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $195.80 ↓ -84%
Independent Health Commercial $200.23 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $212.68 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $250.61 ↓ -79%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $262.85 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $291.14 ↓ -75%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $296.85 ↓ -75%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $342.46 ↓ -71%
Fidelis Medicare $364.97 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare $372.27 ↓ -69%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $372.56 ↓ -69%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $375.92 ↓ -68%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $383.22 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Medicare $390.52 ↓ -67%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $394.13 ↓ -67%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $394.17 ↓ -67%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $394.17 ↓ -67%
Cigna Medicare $394.17 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial $494.75 ↓ -58%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $593.70 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $593.70 ↓ -50%
Univera Commercial $653.07 ↓ -45%
Cigna EBR $791.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $791.60 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $899.46 ↓ -24%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $1,286.35 ↑ +8%
Aetna AXA/MMO $1,385.30 ↑ +17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,385.30 ↑ +17%
InterGroup Beech Street $1,583.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $1,583.20 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Administration chemotherapy IV infusion up to 1 hour single/initial substance/drug at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $402.00 $124.80 – $536.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $646.80 $114.10 – $970.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $608.40 $138.92 – $861.90
UPMC Cole Coudersport $848.40 $131.04 – $1,131.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $608.40 $158.50 – $861.90
UPMC East Monroeville $1,632.60 $137.28 – $2,176.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $912.00 $137.28 – $332.04
UPMC Hanover Hanover $608.40 $158.50 – $506.98

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