Biopsy cervixsingle/multiple 57500 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

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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.

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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.

$72.73 with UPMC Health Plan vs $6,879.78 with BCBS of Western NY — 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 Health Plan Managed Medicaid $72.73 —
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $76.04 —
Aetna Medicaid $79.34 —
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $91.90 —
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $98.06 —
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $99.71 —
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $103.22 —
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $112.68 —
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $202.12 —
Fidelis Medicare $958.09 —
Aetna Medicare $977.25 —
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $978.02 —
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $986.83 —
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,005.99 —
United Healthcare Medicare $1,025.16 —
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,034.64 —
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,034.74 —
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,034.74 —
Cigna Medicare $1,034.74 —
United Healthcare Commercial $1,147.00 —
Independent Health Commercial $1,203.71 —
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $1,207.39 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,348.75 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $4,075.55 —
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $5,282.52 —
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $6,520.82 —
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $6,879.78 —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Biopsy cervixsingle/multiple 57500 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $6,169.80 $66.12 – $8,226.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $168.00 $69.43 – $2,325.85
UPMC Northwest Seneca $8,072.40 $72.73 – $871.66
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $4,251.60 $72.73 – $1,361.59
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $7,606.20 $72.73 – $1,348.75
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $8,772.60 $72.73 – $1,361.59
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $7,579.80 $72.73 – $1,361.59
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $7,461.60 $72.73 – $997.12

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