Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at UPMC Hamot
201 State Street, Erie, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1487647590
$17,721.00
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.
$29,535.00
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.
$2,177.52 with BCBS of Western NY vs $23,628.00 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.
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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| BCBS of Western NY | Commercial | $2,177.52 | ↓ -88% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,849.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Univera | Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 | $4,430.25 | ↓ -75% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $4,701.43 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $7,383.75 | ↓ -58% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $7,860.39 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $8,017.60 | ↓ -55% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $8,023.89 | ↓ -55% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $8,096.20 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $8,253.41 | ↓ -53% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $8,410.62 | ↓ -53% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $8,488.44 | ↓ -52% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $8,489.22 | ↓ -52% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $8,489.22 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $8,489.22 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | NBR ASO/FI | $8,860.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $8,860.50 | ↓ -50% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $9,494.01 | ↓ -46% |
| Univera | Commercial | $9,746.55 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Health | Medicare Advantage | $9,905.66 | ↓ -44% |
| Independent Health | Commercial | $11,318.28 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | EBR | $11,814.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $11,814.00 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $14,194.57 | ↓ -20% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission | $14,206.46 | ↓ -20% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $16,244.25 | ↓ -8% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $16,244.25 | ↓ -8% |
| InterGroup | Health Coalition Partners/PPO | $19,197.75 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | AXA/MMO | $20,674.50 | ↑ +17% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $20,674.50 | ↑ +17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $22,730.13 | ↑ +28% |
| InterGroup | Beech Street | $23,628.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) | $23,628.00 | ↑ +33% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $10,234.20 | $4,701.43 – $13,645.60 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $17,435.40 | $1,016.56 – $24,700.15 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $928.80 | $429.11 – $9,494.01 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $17,602.20 | $1,016.56 – $24,700.15 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $24,271.80 | $4,746.19 – $32,362.40 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $17,435.40 | $1,016.56 – $11,433.07 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $17,435.40 | $1,016.56 – $11,433.07 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | $17,435.40 | $1,016.56 – $11,433.07 |