Hrdtry brst ca-rlatd do 5+ 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

$4,200.60

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.

$7,001.00

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.

$480.00 with Univera vs $2,920.53 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $480.00 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $604.07 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $671.12 ↓ -84%
Independent Health Commercial $699.42 ↓ -83%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $699.42 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial $800.00 ↓ -81%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $930.27 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Commercial $931.48 ↓ -78%
Cigna New Business ASO $960.00 ↓ -77%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $960.00 ↓ -77%
Univera Commercial $1,056.00 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,177.60 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial $1,280.00 ↓ -70%
Cigna EBR $1,280.00 ↓ -70%
Fidelis Medicare $1,303.95 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare $1,330.03 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $1,331.07 ↓ -68%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $1,343.07 ↓ -68%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,369.15 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,395.23 ↓ -67%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,408.14 ↓ -66%
Cigna Medicare $1,408.27 ↓ -66%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,408.27 ↓ -66%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,408.27 ↓ -66%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,760.00 ↓ -58%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,760.00 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,825.35 ↓ -57%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $2,080.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna AXA/MMO $2,240.00 ↓ -47%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $2,240.00 ↓ -47%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $2,560.00 ↓ -39%
InterGroup Beech Street $2,560.00 ↓ -39%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $2,920.53 ↓ -30%

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Hrdtry brst ca-rlatd do 5+ at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,982.20 $604.07 – $2,560.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $4,135.80 $470.47 – $2,880.00
UPMC East Monroeville $1,920.00 $609.82 – $2,560.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $4,135.80 $671.12 – $1,408.27
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $4,135.80 $671.12 – $1,408.27
UPMC Jameson New Castle $4,135.80 $476.35 – $1,408.27
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $4,135.80 $609.82 – $1,434.35
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $3,795.60 $609.82 – $1,434.35

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