Endoluminl ivus oct c ea 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

$289.80

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.

$483.00

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.

$63.27 with Highmark BCBS of PA 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.

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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 $63.27 ↓ -78%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $72.45 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $85.35 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial $120.75 ↓ -58%
Cigna New Business ASO $144.90 ↓ -50%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $144.90 ↓ -50%
Univera Commercial $159.39 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $191.20 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial $193.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $193.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare $193.20 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $219.52 ↓ -24%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $241.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $265.65 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $265.65 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $305.91 ↑ +6%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $313.95 ↑ +8%
Aetna AXA/MMO $338.10 ↑ +17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $338.10 ↑ +17%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $351.82 ↑ +21%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $386.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Beech Street $386.40 ↑ +33%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $6,879.78 ↑ +2274%

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Endoluminl ivus oct c ea at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $436.80 $63.27 – $582.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $3,046.80 $170.91 – $17,298.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $3,046.80 $170.91 – $4,316.30
UPMC East Monroeville $325.80 $63.88 – $434.40
UPMC Hanover Hanover $3,046.80 $170.91 – $358.23
UPMC Jameson New Castle $346.80 $64.39 – $342.31
UPMC Lititz Lititz $3,046.80 $148.81 – $358.23
UPMC Memorial York $3,046.80 $51.57 – $358.23

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