Antibody elution rbc reference 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

$81.00

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.

$135.00

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.

$8.45 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $283.73 with Independent Health — 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 $8.45 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $9.29 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $9.72 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicaid $10.14 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $11.74 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $12.53 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $13.19 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $14.40 ↓ -82%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $20.25 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $21.04 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Commercial $24.99 ↓ -69%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $26.48 ↓ -67%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $29.40 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial $33.75 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $39.81 ↓ -51%
Cigna New Business ASO $40.50 ↓ -50%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $40.50 ↓ -50%
Univera Commercial $44.55 ↓ -45%
Cigna EBR $54.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $54.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $63.58 ↓ -22%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $87.75 ↑ +8%
Aetna AXA/MMO $94.50 ↑ +17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $94.50 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $101.73 ↑ +26%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $108.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Beech Street $108.00 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Medicare $188.55 ↑ +133%
Aetna Medicare $192.32 ↑ +137%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $192.47 ↑ +138%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $194.21 ↑ +140%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $197.98 ↑ +144%
United Healthcare Medicare $201.75 ↑ +149%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $203.62 ↑ +151%
Cigna Medicare $203.63 ↑ +151%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $203.63 ↑ +151%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $203.63 ↑ +151%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $213.04 ↑ +163%
Independent Health Commercial $283.73 ↑ +250%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Antibody elution rbc reference at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $189.60 $8.45 – $252.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $115.20 $8.45 – $172.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $203.40 $8.45 – $288.15
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $203.40 $8.45 – $288.15
UPMC East Monroeville $163.80 $8.45 – $218.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $54.00 $9.29 – $171.54
UPMC Hanover Hanover $203.40 $8.45 – $261.92
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $109.20 $8.45 – $176.44

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