Hrdtry cardmypy gene panel 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

$9,556.80

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.

$15,928.00

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.

$520.32 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $12,742.40 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $520.32 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $578.07 ↓ -94%
Fidelis Medicare $584.90 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $596.60 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $597.07 ↓ -94%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $602.45 ↓ -94%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $602.45 ↓ -94%
Independent Health Commercial $602.45 ↓ -94%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $614.14 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare $625.84 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $631.63 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $631.69 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $631.69 ↓ -93%
Cigna Medicare $631.69 ↓ -93%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $801.30 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Commercial $802.33 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,235.28 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,572.25 ↓ -84%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $2,389.20 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $2,515.59 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial $3,982.00 ↓ -58%
Cigna New Business ASO $4,778.40 ↓ -50%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $4,778.40 ↓ -50%
Univera Commercial $5,256.24 ↓ -45%
Cigna EBR $6,371.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $6,371.20 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $8,760.40 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $8,760.40 ↓ -8%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $10,353.20 ↑ +8%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $11,149.60 ↑ +17%
Aetna AXA/MMO $11,149.60 ↑ +17%
InterGroup Beech Street $12,742.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $12,742.40 ↑ +33%

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Hrdtry cardmypy gene panel at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Northwest Seneca $9,556.80 $530.45 – $631.69
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $8,889.60 $525.27 – $643.39
UPMC Muncy Muncy $7,324.20 $456.69 – $618.41
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $9,382.20 $525.27 – $672.18
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $9,382.20 $428.15 – $1,362.72
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $9,300.80 $456.69 – $578.07
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $9,382.20 $456.69 – $638.57

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