Ins lv lead exist pm/icd 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

$12,843.00

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.

$21,405.00

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.

$918.74 with UPMC Work Partners vs $17,673.52 with Independent Health — 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 $918.74 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $927.28 ↓ -93%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $2,177.52 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $2,802.00 ↓ -78%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $3,210.75 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,860.00 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,483.16 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial $5,351.25 ↓ -58%
Cigna New Business ASO $6,421.50 ↓ -50%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $6,421.50 ↓ -50%
Univera Commercial $7,063.65 ↓ -45%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $7,877.04 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial $8,562.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $8,562.00 ↓ -33%
Fidelis Medicare $11,515.21 ↓ -10%
Aetna Medicare $11,745.51 ↓ -9%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $11,754.73 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $11,772.75 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $11,772.75 ↓ -8%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $11,860.67 ↓ -8%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $12,090.97 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Medicare $12,321.27 ↓ -4%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12,435.28 ↓ -3%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $12,436.43 ↓ -3%
Cigna Medicare $12,436.43 ↓ -3%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $12,436.43 ↓ -3%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $13,913.25 ↑ +8%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $14,511.47 ↑ +13%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $14,983.50 ↑ +17%
Aetna AXA/MMO $14,983.50 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $17,124.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Beech Street $17,124.00 ↑ +33%
Independent Health Commercial $17,673.52 ↑ +38%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ins lv lead exist pm/icd at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $4,358.40 $918.74 – $10,775.64
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $15,540.60 $961.47 – $22,015.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $15,540.60 $961.47 – $22,015.85
UPMC East Monroeville $3,883.80 $918.74 – $10,775.64
UPMC Hanover Hanover $15,540.60 $961.47 – $15,996.05
UPMC Lititz Lititz $15,540.60 $961.47 – $16,082.45
UPMC Memorial York $15,540.60 $755.77 – $16,056.32
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $28,245.60 $927.28 – $10,975.18

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