Bronchoscopy w/biopsy(s) 31625 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

$3,372.60

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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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$5,621.00

Gross charge

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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.

$173.59 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,496.80 with InterGroup — 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 $173.59 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $181.48 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicaid $189.37 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $219.34 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $234.03 ↓ -93%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $237.98 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $246.36 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $268.94 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $682.43 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $729.80 ↓ -78%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $843.15 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial $1,405.25 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,535.00 ↓ -54%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $1,686.30 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,686.30 ↓ -50%
Univera Commercial $1,854.93 ↓ -45%
Fidelis Medicare $1,897.47 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare $1,935.42 ↓ -43%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $1,936.94 ↓ -43%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $1,954.39 ↓ -42%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,992.34 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Medicare $2,030.29 ↓ -40%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,049.08 ↓ -39%
Cigna Medicare $2,049.27 ↓ -39%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $2,049.27 ↓ -39%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $2,049.27 ↓ -39%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $2,177.52 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $2,205.27 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $2,248.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $2,248.40 ↓ -33%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $2,391.19 ↓ -29%
Independent Health Commercial $2,735.29 ↓ -19%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,853.56 ↓ -15%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,528.40 ↑ +5%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $3,653.65 ↑ +8%
Aetna AXA/MMO $3,934.70 ↑ +17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $3,934.70 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $4,496.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Beech Street $4,496.80 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Bronchoscopy w/biopsy(s) 31625 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,314.60 $157.81 – $1,752.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $4,300.20 $165.70 – $6,450.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,168.40 $200.42 – $3,071.90
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,168.40 $213.04 – $3,071.90
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,132.40 $173.59 – $1,726.28
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,168.40 $200.42 – $2,635.82
UPMC Jameson New Castle $3,445.20 $173.59 – $2,219.51
UPMC Lititz Lititz $2,168.40 $200.42 – $2,650.05

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