Destruct ben lesion 15/> 17111 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.
$56.51 with UPMC Health Plan vs $6,879.78 with BCBS of Western NY — 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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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $56.51 | — |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $59.08 | — |
| Aetna | Medicaid | $61.64 | — |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $71.40 | — |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $76.18 | — |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $77.47 | — |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $80.19 | — |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $87.54 | — |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $122.22 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $175.41 | — |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $218.63 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare | $223.00 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $223.18 | — |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $225.19 | — |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $229.56 | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $233.93 | — |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $236.10 | — |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $236.12 | — |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $236.12 | — |
| Cigna | Medicare | $236.12 | — |
| Independent Health | Medicare Advantage | $275.52 | — |
| Independent Health | Commercial | $309.00 | — |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $340.00 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission | $530.06 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $848.08 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $941.73 | — |
| BCBS of Western NY | Commercial | $6,879.78 | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Destruct ben lesion 15/> 17111 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $1,086.60 | $51.37 – $1,448.80 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $121.80 | $53.94 – $2,325.85 |
| UPMC Kane | Kane | $391.20 | $56.51 – $552.23 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $550.80 | $56.51 – $204.60 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $830.40 | $56.51 – $177.09 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $147.00 | $56.51 – $993.28 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $120.60 | $56.51 – $993.28 |