Hemolysins and agglutinins incubated 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

$144.60

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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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$241.00

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.

$11.96 with UPMC Work Partners vs $192.80 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $11.96 ↓ -92%
Fidelis Medicare $12.11 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $12.35 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $12.36 ↓ -91%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $12.47 ↓ -91%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $12.47 ↓ -91%
Independent Health Commercial $12.47 ↓ -91%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $12.72 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare $12.96 ↓ -91%
Cigna Medicare $13.08 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $13.08 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.08 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $13.08 ↓ -91%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $13.65 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $15.02 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $15.70 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicaid $16.38 ↓ -89%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $16.59 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Commercial $16.65 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $18.97 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $20.24 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $21.31 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $23.26 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $26.26 ↓ -82%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $36.15 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $42.23 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial $60.25 ↓ -58%
Cigna New Business ASO $72.30 ↓ -50%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $72.30 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $79.37 ↓ -45%
Univera Commercial $79.53 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial $96.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $96.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $126.98 ↓ -12%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $156.65 ↑ +8%
Aetna AXA/MMO $168.70 ↑ +17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $168.70 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $192.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Beech Street $192.80 ↑ +33%

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Hemolysins and agglutinins incubated at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $129.60 $11.96 – $172.80
UPMC East Monroeville $143.40 $11.96 – $191.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $157.20 $10.98 – $15.70
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $131.40 $10.84 – $22.72
UPMC Jameson New Castle $154.80 $11.96 – $26.73
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $156.60 $11.33 – $26.51
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $112.20 $11.22 – $26.51
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $98.40 $10.09 – $26.26

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