Cystostomy cystotomy w/drainage 51040 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

$5,943.60

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$9,906.00

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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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$289.60 with UPMC Health Plan vs $7,924.80 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

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 $289.60 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $302.76 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicaid $315.92 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $365.92 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $390.43 ↓ -93%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $397.01 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $410.99 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $448.66 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,030.96 ↓ -83%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,410.81 ↓ -76%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $1,485.90 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,754.00 ↓ -70%
Fidelis Medicare $2,254.02 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare $2,299.10 ↓ -61%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $2,300.90 ↓ -61%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $2,321.64 ↓ -61%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $2,366.72 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Medicare $2,411.80 ↓ -59%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,434.12 ↓ -59%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $2,434.34 ↓ -59%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $2,434.34 ↓ -59%
Cigna Medicare $2,434.34 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial $2,476.50 ↓ -58%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $2,840.52 ↓ -52%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $2,971.80 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,971.80 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $3,115.30 ↓ -48%
Independent Health Commercial $3,173.88 ↓ -47%
Univera Commercial $3,268.98 ↓ -45%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $3,547.20 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial $3,962.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $3,962.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $4,058.65 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,984.44 ↓ -16%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $6,438.90 ↑ +8%
Aetna AXA/MMO $6,934.20 ↑ +17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $6,934.20 ↑ +17%
InterGroup Beech Street $7,924.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $7,924.80 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Cystostomy cystotomy w/drainage 51040 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $3,276.00 $334.35 – $4,641.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $489.00 $225.92 – $1,470.59
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $3,276.00 $334.35 – $4,641.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $6,051.00 $289.60 – $2,050.66
UPMC Hanover Hanover $3,276.00 $334.35 – $3,131.10
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $5,115.00 $289.60 – $2,109.25
UPMC Lititz Lititz $3,276.00 $334.35 – $3,148.02
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $6,178.80 $289.60 – $2,109.25

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