Aminolevulinic acid delta 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

$193.20

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.

$322.00

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.

$12.00 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $257.60 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
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $12.00 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $13.20 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $13.80 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicaid $14.40 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.26 ↓ -92%
Fidelis Medicare $16.45 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $16.68 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $16.78 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $16.79 ↓ -91%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $16.94 ↓ -91%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $16.94 ↓ -91%
Independent Health Commercial $16.94 ↓ -91%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $17.27 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare $17.60 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $17.76 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $17.77 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $17.77 ↓ -91%
Cigna Medicare $17.77 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $17.80 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $18.73 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $20.45 ↓ -89%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $22.53 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Commercial $22.62 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $31.80 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $41.72 ↓ -78%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $48.30 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial $80.50 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $96.10 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $96.60 ↓ -50%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $96.60 ↓ -50%
Univera Commercial $106.26 ↓ -45%
Cigna EBR $128.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $128.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $153.76 ↓ -20%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $209.30 ↑ +8%
Aetna AXA/MMO $225.40 ↑ +17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $225.40 ↑ +17%
InterGroup Beech Street $257.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $257.60 ↑ +33%

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Aminolevulinic acid delta at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $178.80 $12.00 – $238.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $192.60 $5.94 – $288.90
UPMC Cole Coudersport $112.20 $10.69 – $149.60
UPMC East Monroeville $173.40 $12.00 – $231.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $108.60 $13.20 – $17.77
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $121.20 $12.00 – $30.87
UPMC Jameson New Castle $121.20 $13.20 – $32.37
UPMC Kane Kane $221.40 $13.20 – $71.00

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