Cidofovir injection 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

$2,428.80

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.

$3,036.00

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.

$344.93 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,428.80 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 Managed Medicaid $344.93 ↓ -86%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $455.40 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $546.29 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $546.29 ↓ -78%
Fidelis Medicare $546.29 ↓ -78%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $546.29 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $557.22 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $557.65 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $562.68 ↓ -77%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $573.60 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicare $584.53 ↓ -76%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $589.94 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $589.99 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $589.99 ↓ -76%
Cigna Medicare $589.99 ↓ -76%
Independent Health Commercial $607.67 ↓ -75%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $607.67 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial $759.00 ↓ -69%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $859.80 ↓ -65%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $910.80 ↓ -63%
Cigna New Business ASO $910.80 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $985.37 ↓ -59%
Univera Commercial $1,001.88 ↓ -59%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $1,062.60 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,117.25 ↓ -54%
Cigna EBR $1,214.40 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $1,214.40 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,313.80 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,379.86 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,576.59 ↓ -35%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $1,973.40 ↓ -19%
Aetna AXA/MMO $2,125.20 ↓ -13%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $2,125.20 ↓ -13%
InterGroup Beech Street $2,428.80 ↑ +0%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $2,428.80 ↑ +0%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Cidofovir injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $118.20 $20.28 – $874.06
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $118.20 $29.60 – $671.94
UPMC Hanover Hanover $118.20 $540.83 – $874.06
UPMC Lititz Lititz $118.20 $540.83 – $874.06
UPMC Memorial York $118.20 $373.87 – $1,070.80
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,980.80 $344.93 – $1,313.80
UPMC Somerset Somerset $118.20 $540.83 – $546.29

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