Brace oths wrist hnd fngr without 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

$645.00

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.

$1,075.00

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.

$161.25 with Univera vs $1,517.51 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $161.25 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $172.00 ↓ -73%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $204.25 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial $268.75 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $313.88 ↓ -51%
Cigna New Business ASO $322.50 ↓ -50%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $322.50 ↓ -50%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $354.75 ↓ -45%
Univera Commercial $354.75 ↓ -45%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $376.25 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $395.60 ↓ -39%
Cigna EBR $430.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $430.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare $430.00 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $488.59 ↓ -24%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $537.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $591.25 ↓ -8%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $698.75 ↑ +8%
Aetna AXA/MMO $752.50 ↑ +17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $752.50 ↑ +17%
InterGroup Beech Street $860.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $860.00 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $948.45 ↑ +47%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,517.51 ↑ +135%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Brace oths wrist hnd fngr without at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $170.40 $53.96 – $1,071.50
UPMC Bedford Everett $189.00 $59.85 – $1,071.50
UPMC East Monroeville $68.40 $21.66 – $1,071.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $642.00 $814.63 – $1,296.62
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $189.00 $799.94 – $1,071.50
UPMC Jameson New Castle $189.00 $128.89 – $1,071.50
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $187.20 $141.78 – $1,071.50
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $189.60 $141.78 – $1,071.50

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