Administration immunization 1 vaccine 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

$13.20

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.

$22.00

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.

$0.59 with UPMC Health Plan vs $84.57 with AmeriHealth Caritas — 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 Health Plan Commercial $0.59 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $2.00 ↓ -85%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $3.00 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3.20 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $3.72 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial $5.00 ↓ -62%
Cigna New Business ASO $6.00 ↓ -55%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $6.00 ↓ -55%
Univera Commercial $6.60 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $8.00 ↓ -39%
Cigna EBR $8.00 ↓ -39%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $11.00 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $11.00 ↓ -17%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $13.00 ↓ -2%
Aetna AXA/MMO $14.00 ↑ +6%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $14.00 ↑ +6%
InterGroup Beech Street $16.00 ↑ +21%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $16.00 ↑ +21%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $49.90 ↑ +278%
Fidelis Medicare $78.31 ↑ +493%
Aetna Medicare $79.88 ↑ +505%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $79.94 ↑ +506%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $80.66 ↑ +511%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $82.23 ↑ +523%
United Healthcare Medicare $83.79 ↑ +535%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $84.57 ↑ +541%
Cigna Medicare $84.57 ↑ +541%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $84.57 ↑ +541%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $84.57 ↑ +541%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Administration immunization 1 vaccine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $12.00 $1.18 – $73.28
UPMC Bedford Everett $12.00 $1.18 – $73.28
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $115.20 $1.18 – $163.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $103.20 $1.18 – $23.92
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $115.20 $1.18 – $75.61
UPMC East Monroeville $12.00 $1.18 – $73.28
UPMC Northwest Seneca $12.00 $1.42 – $73.28
UPMC Hanover Hanover $115.20 $1.18 – $108.78

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