Cesarean section delivery only 59514 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

$9,873.00

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.

$16,455.00

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.

$817.56 with UPMC Health Plan vs $13,164.00 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.

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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 Commercial $817.56 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,535.00 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,737.77 ↓ -82%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $1,985.40 ↓ -80%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $2,468.25 ↓ -75%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,847.62 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial $4,113.75 ↓ -58%
Cigna New Business ASO $4,936.50 ↓ -50%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $4,936.50 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $5,251.09 ↓ -47%
Univera Commercial $5,430.15 ↓ -45%
Cigna EBR $6,582.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $6,582.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare $6,582.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $8,227.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $8,401.67 ↓ -15%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $9,050.25 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $9,050.25 ↓ -8%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $10,695.75 ↑ +8%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $11,518.50 ↑ +17%
Aetna AXA/MMO $11,518.50 ↑ +17%
InterGroup Beech Street $13,164.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $13,164.00 ↑ +33%

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Cesarean section delivery only 59514 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,754.40 $658.50 – $2,615.82
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $7,688.40 $597.84 – $2,847.62
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $8,935.80 $358.60 – $2,847.62

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