Exc/pilonidal cyst/sinus/simple 11770 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

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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.

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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.

$166.62 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,420.18 with Independent Health — 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 $166.62 —
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $174.19 —
Aetna Medicaid $181.76 —
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $210.53 —
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $224.63 —
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $228.42 —
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $236.46 —
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $258.14 —
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $589.81 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $836.96 —
United Healthcare Commercial $1,754.00 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $2,529.08 —
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $2,794.87 —
Fidelis Medicare $3,149.17 —
Aetna Medicare $3,212.15 —
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $3,214.67 —
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $3,243.65 —
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,272.87 —
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $3,306.63 —
United Healthcare Medicare $3,369.61 —
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,400.79 —
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,401.10 —
Cigna Medicare $3,401.10 —
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,401.10 —
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $3,968.58 —
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,046.49 —
Independent Health Commercial $4,420.18 —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Exc/pilonidal cyst/sinus/simple 11770 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $5,229.00 $192.37 – $7,407.75
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $480.60 $204.48 – $5,805.45
UPMC Northwest Seneca $5,481.60 $166.62 – $2,865.05
UPMC Hanover Hanover $5,229.00 $192.37 – $4,374.59
UPMC Lititz Lititz $5,229.00 $192.37 – $4,398.21
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $3,669.60 $166.62 – $2,946.91
UPMC Muncy Muncy $7,126.80 $166.62 – $883.20
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $4,251.00 $166.62 – $3,001.48

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