Cysto impl 4 or more at UPMC Hamot
201 State Street, Erie, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1487647590
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$1,036.46 with BCBS of Western NY vs $17,737.07 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS of Western NY | Commercial | $1,036.46 | — |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,849.00 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $3,668.68 | — |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $10,174.82 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare | $10,378.32 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $10,386.46 | — |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $10,480.06 | — |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $10,683.56 | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $10,887.06 | — |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $10,987.79 | — |
| Cigna | Medicare | $10,988.81 | — |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $10,988.81 | — |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $10,988.81 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission | $11,085.77 | — |
| Independent Health | Medicare Advantage | $12,822.31 | — |
| Independent Health | Commercial | $14,642.77 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $17,737.07 | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Cysto impl 4 or more at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Uniontown Hospital | Uniontown | $544.50 | $9,175.43 – $21,378.75 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | not published | $4,865.31 – $14,153.62 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | not published | $4,935.00 – $9,823.94 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | not published | $7,995.28 – $9,521.33 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | not published | $6,838.32 – $14,134.08 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | not published | $6,838.32 – $14,210.43 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | not published | $2,990.13 – $14,187.34 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | not published | $3,668.68 – $9,697.66 |