Control oropharyngeal hemorr/simp 42960 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

$3,191.40

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$5,319.00

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.

$87.45 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,255.20 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 $87.45 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $91.42 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicaid $95.40 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $110.50 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $117.90 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $119.89 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $124.11 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $135.48 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Commercial $340.00 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $341.61 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $545.04 ↓ -83%
Fidelis Medicare $560.34 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $571.55 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $572.00 ↓ -82%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $577.15 ↓ -82%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $588.36 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare $599.56 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $605.11 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $605.17 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $605.17 ↓ -81%
Cigna Medicare $605.17 ↓ -81%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $706.14 ↓ -78%
Independent Health Commercial $781.65 ↓ -76%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $797.85 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial $1,329.75 ↓ -58%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $1,572.66 ↓ -51%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,595.70 ↓ -50%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $1,595.70 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,646.96 ↓ -48%
Univera Commercial $1,755.27 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial $2,127.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $2,127.60 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,151.34 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $2,635.11 ↓ -17%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $3,457.35 ↑ +8%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $3,723.30 ↑ +17%
Aetna AXA/MMO $3,723.30 ↑ +17%
InterGroup Beech Street $4,255.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $4,255.20 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Control oropharyngeal hemorr/simp 42960 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,378.00 $79.50 – $4,504.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,349.40 $100.97 – $1,911.65
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,266.00 $83.47 – $771.51
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,349.40 $100.97 – $1,911.65
UPMC East Monroeville $2,857.80 $87.45 – $3,810.40
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,349.40 $100.97 – $1,016.56
UPMC Lititz Lititz $1,349.40 $100.97 – $1,016.56
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $3,502.20 $87.45 – $550.23

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