Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) 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

$241.20

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.

$402.00

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.

$17.00 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $321.60 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.

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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
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $17.00 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $18.70 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $18.73 ↓ -92%
Fidelis Medicare $18.96 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $19.34 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $19.35 ↓ -92%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $19.53 ↓ -92%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $19.53 ↓ -92%
Independent Health Commercial $19.53 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $19.55 ↓ -92%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $19.91 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare $20.29 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicaid $20.40 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $20.47 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $20.48 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $20.48 ↓ -92%
Cigna Medicare $20.48 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $23.63 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $25.21 ↓ -90%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $25.96 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Commercial $26.08 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $26.54 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $28.97 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $36.60 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $56.79 ↓ -76%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $60.30 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial $100.50 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $110.59 ↓ -54%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $120.60 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $120.60 ↓ -50%
Univera Commercial $132.66 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial $160.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $160.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $176.95 ↓ -27%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $261.30 ↑ +8%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $281.40 ↑ +17%
Aetna AXA/MMO $281.40 ↑ +17%
InterGroup Beech Street $321.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $321.60 ↑ +33%

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Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $201.60 $17.00 – $268.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $91.20 $6.84 – $136.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $96.60 $16.88 – $136.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $129.60 $12.32 – $172.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $96.60 $16.60 – $113.74
UPMC East Monroeville $283.20 $17.00 – $377.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $96.60 $17.19 – $20.48
UPMC Hanover Hanover $96.60 $16.88 – $30.34

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