Inj dx for sinogram 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

$562.20

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.

$937.00

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.

$38.50 with UPMC Health Plan vs $749.60 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $38.50 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $40.25 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicaid $42.00 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $48.65 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $51.91 ↓ -91%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $52.78 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $54.64 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $59.65 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $96.54 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $130.12 ↓ -77%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $140.55 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial $234.25 ↓ -58%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $281.10 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $281.10 ↓ -50%
Univera Commercial $309.21 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Commercial $340.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna Medicare $374.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $374.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $374.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $393.18 ↓ -30%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $468.50 ↓ -17%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $509.87 ↓ -9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $519.01 ↓ -8%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $609.05 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $629.08 ↑ +12%
Aetna AXA/MMO $655.90 ↑ +17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $655.90 ↑ +17%
InterGroup Beech Street $749.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $749.60 ↑ +33%

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Inj dx for sinogram at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $640.20 $35.00 – $853.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,304.60 $44.45 – $9,539.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,304.60 $45.85 – $3,264.85
UPMC East Monroeville $543.60 $38.50 – $724.80
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,304.60 $44.45 – $96.94
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $360.60 $36.75 – $253.13
UPMC Jameson New Castle $360.60 $33.56 – $132.41
UPMC Kane Kane $606.60 $38.50 – $598.02

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