App high cost ss f/n/g/h/f >100sq cm 1st 100sq cm 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

$4,338.60

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.

$7,231.00

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.

$425.04 with UPMC Work Partners vs $5,784.80 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 $425.04 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $782.70 ↓ -82%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $1,084.65 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,535.00 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial $1,807.75 ↓ -58%
Fidelis Medicare $2,012.74 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare $2,052.99 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $2,054.60 ↓ -53%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $2,073.12 ↓ -52%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $2,113.38 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Medicare $2,153.63 ↓ -50%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $2,169.30 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,169.30 ↓ -50%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,173.56 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $2,173.76 ↓ -50%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $2,173.76 ↓ -50%
Cigna Medicare $2,173.76 ↓ -50%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $2,177.52 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $2,365.12 ↓ -45%
Univera Commercial $2,386.23 ↓ -45%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $2,536.45 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,661.01 ↓ -39%
Cigna EBR $2,892.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,892.40 ↓ -33%
Independent Health Commercial $2,953.12 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,784.16 ↓ -13%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $3,977.05 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $3,977.05 ↓ -8%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $4,700.15 ↑ +8%
Aetna AXA/MMO $5,061.70 ↑ +17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $5,061.70 ↑ +17%
InterGroup Beech Street $5,784.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $5,784.80 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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App high cost ss f/n/g/h/f >100sq cm 1st 100sq cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,895.60 $444.81 – $4,102.10
UPMC Cole Coudersport $331.80 $153.29 – $1,041.88
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,895.60 $444.81 – $2,795.94
UPMC Lititz Lititz $2,895.60 $444.81 – $2,811.04
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $3,798.60 $425.04 – $1,918.35
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $4,381.80 $425.04 – $790.16
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $2,148.00 $425.04 – $993.28
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $2,371.50 $205.80 – $4,153.69

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