Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 12-25 targets 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

$462.00

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$770.00

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.

$115.50 with Univera vs $1,853.53 with Highmark BCBS of PA — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $115.50 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial $192.50 ↓ -58%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $231.00 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $231.00 ↓ -50%
Univera Commercial $254.10 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial $308.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $308.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $383.38 ↓ -17%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $411.91 ↓ -11%
Fidelis Medicare $416.78 ↓ -10%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $423.50 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $423.50 ↓ -8%
Aetna Medicare $425.12 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $425.45 ↓ -8%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $429.28 ↓ -7%
Independent Health Commercial $429.28 ↓ -7%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $429.28 ↓ -7%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $437.62 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare Medicare $445.95 ↓ -3%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $450.08 ↓ -3%
Cigna Medicare $450.12 ↓ -3%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $450.12 ↓ -3%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $450.12 ↓ -3%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $500.50 ↑ +8%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $539.00 ↑ +17%
Aetna AXA/MMO $539.00 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $567.18 ↑ +23%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $570.98 ↑ +24%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $616.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Beech Street $616.00 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,158.46 ↑ +151%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,647.05 ↑ +257%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,853.53 ↑ +301%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 12-25 targets at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $438.00 $365.00 – $584.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $876.60 $200.16 – $1,241.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $876.60 $292.20 – $3,298.34
UPMC East Monroeville $454.20 $249.81 – $605.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $454.20 $377.98 – $450.12
UPMC Hanover Hanover $876.60 $316.19 – $3,298.34
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $454.20 $373.14 – $619.90
UPMC Jameson New Castle $454.20 $292.38 – $450.12

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