Ghs IV inf sq injection, on-body injector 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

$96.60

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.

$161.00

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.

$19.79 with UPMC Health Plan vs $128.80 with InterGroup — 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 $19.79 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $20.69 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicaid $21.59 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $22.05 ↓ -77%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $24.15 ↓ -75%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $25.00 ↓ -74%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $26.68 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $26.73 ↓ -72%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $27.13 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $28.08 ↓ -71%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $30.66 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $34.00 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial $40.25 ↓ -58%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $48.30 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $48.30 ↓ -50%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $49.79 ↓ -48%
Univera Commercial $53.13 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $54.40 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare $64.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $64.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $64.40 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $73.17 ↓ -24%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $80.50 ↓ -17%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $104.65 ↑ +8%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $112.70 ↑ +17%
Aetna AXA/MMO $112.70 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $128.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Beech Street $128.80 ↑ +33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs IV inf sq injection, on-body injector at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $124.20 $17.99 – $165.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $108.00 $22.85 – $153.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $145.20 $18.89 – $193.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $108.00 $22.85 – $153.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $145.80 $19.79 – $46.19
UPMC Hanover Hanover $108.00 $22.85 – $70.53
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $138.60 $18.89 – $56.18
UPMC Lititz Lititz $108.00 $22.85 – $70.91

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