Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at UPMC Hamot
201 State Street, Erie, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1487647590
$689.40
Cash price 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.
$1,149.00
Gross charge 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.
$54.80 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,201.55 with UPMC Health Plan — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $54.80 | ↓ -92% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $57.29 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Medicaid | $59.78 | ↓ -91% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $60.95 | ↓ -91% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $69.24 | ↓ -90% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $73.88 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $75.13 | ↓ -89% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $77.77 | ↓ -89% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $84.90 | ↓ -88% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $120.98 | ↓ -82% |
| Univera | Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 | $172.35 | ↓ -75% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission | $184.17 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $287.25 | ↓ -58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $294.68 | ↓ -57% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $324.80 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $331.30 | ↓ -52% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $331.56 | ↓ -52% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $334.54 | ↓ -51% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $340.00 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $341.04 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna | NBR ASO/FI | $344.70 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $344.70 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $347.54 | ↓ -50% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $350.75 | ↓ -49% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $350.78 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $350.78 | ↓ -49% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $350.78 | ↓ -49% |
| Univera | Commercial | $379.17 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Health | Medicare Advantage | $409.31 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna | EBR | $459.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $459.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Independent Health | Commercial | $465.22 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Commercial | $494.99 | ↓ -28% |
| InterGroup | Health Coalition Partners/PPO | $746.85 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | AXA/MMO | $804.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $804.30 | ↑ +17% |
| InterGroup | Beech Street | $919.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) | $919.20 | ↑ +33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,201.55 | ↑ +74% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $592.20 | $49.82 – $789.60 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $656.40 | $52.31 – $984.60 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $817.20 | $63.27 – $1,157.70 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $88.20 | $13.31 – $120.98 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $817.20 | $63.27 – $1,157.70 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $677.40 | $54.80 – $903.20 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $708.00 | $54.80 – $295.50 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $817.20 | $63.27 – $1,016.56 |