Closure paravalvlr leak pq 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

$799.80

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.

$1,333.00

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.

$18.59 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,147.00 with United Healthcare — 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $18.59 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $56.17 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $59.72 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $89.87 ↓ -89%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $199.95 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial $333.25 ↓ -58%
Cigna New Business ASO $399.90 ↓ -50%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $399.90 ↓ -50%
Univera Commercial $439.89 ↓ -45%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $466.55 ↓ -42%
Aetna Medicare $533.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $533.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $533.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $666.50 ↓ -17%
Fidelis Medicare $680.28 ↓ -15%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $694.43 ↓ -13%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $700.69 ↓ -12%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $714.29 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Medicare $727.90 ↓ -9%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $733.15 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $733.15 ↓ -8%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $734.70 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $734.70 ↓ -8%
Cigna Medicare $734.70 ↓ -8%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $857.29 ↑ +7%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $866.45 ↑ +8%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $933.10 ↑ +17%
Aetna AXA/MMO $933.10 ↑ +17%
Independent Health Commercial $989.88 ↑ +24%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $1,066.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Beech Street $1,066.40 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,147.00 ↑ +43%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Closure paravalvlr leak pq at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $11,757.60 $18.59 – $9,891.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $5,734.80 $48.10 – $8,124.30
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $5,734.80 $48.10 – $8,124.30
UPMC Hanover Hanover $5,734.80 $48.10 – $944.99
UPMC Lititz Lititz $5,734.80 $48.10 – $950.10
UPMC Memorial York $5,734.80 $15.15 – $948.56
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $14,788.80 $18.77 – $648.38
UPMC Somerset Somerset $5,734.80 $18.40 – $636.54

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