Hemodialysis one evaluation 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

$6,177.60

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.

$10,296.00

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.

$152.56 with BCBS of Western NY vs $8,236.80 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
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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
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $152.56 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $286.45 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $366.61 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $572.14 ↓ -91%
Fidelis Medicare $769.92 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare $785.32 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $785.93 ↓ -87%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $793.02 ↓ -87%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $808.42 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare $823.81 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $831.44 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $831.51 ↓ -87%
Cigna Medicare $831.51 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $831.51 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,107.80 ↓ -82%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $1,544.40 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,772.47 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial $2,574.00 ↓ -58%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $3,088.80 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $3,088.80 ↓ -50%
Univera Commercial $3,397.68 ↓ -45%
Cigna EBR $4,118.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $4,118.40 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $5,662.80 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $5,662.80 ↓ -8%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $6,692.40 ↑ +8%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $7,207.20 ↑ +17%
Aetna AXA/MMO $7,207.20 ↑ +17%
InterGroup Beech Street $8,236.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $8,236.80 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Hemodialysis one evaluation at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,635.00 $272.47 – $2,180.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $817.20 $240.69 – $1,225.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,081.80 $216.15 – $1,532.55
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,081.80 $216.15 – $1,532.55
UPMC East Monroeville $1,261.20 $286.45 – $770.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,223.40 $279.71 – $720.47
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,081.80 $216.15 – $1,145.76
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $2,310.00 $279.71 – $934.34

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