Insert vad art access left hrt arterial access 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

$2,083.20

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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.

$3,472.00

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.

$374.12 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,777.60 with InterGroup — 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 $374.12 ↓ -82%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $520.80 ↓ -75%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $626.23 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial $868.00 ↓ -58%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $949.25 ↓ -54%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $1,041.60 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,041.60 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,130.49 ↓ -46%
Univera Commercial $1,145.76 ↓ -45%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,277.70 ↓ -39%
Cigna EBR $1,388.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare $1,388.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,388.80 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,535.00 ↓ -26%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,736.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,808.77 ↓ -13%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,909.60 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,909.60 ↓ -8%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $2,256.80 ↑ +8%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $2,430.40 ↑ +17%
Aetna AXA/MMO $2,430.40 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $2,777.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Beech Street $2,777.60 ↑ +33%

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Insert vad art access left hrt arterial access at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,443.80 $374.12 – $3,258.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,497.20 $285.41 – $9,539.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,497.20 $285.41 – $3,537.70
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,458.80 $626.23 – $970.99
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,497.20 $285.41 – $655.35
UPMC Lititz Lititz $2,497.20 $285.41 – $655.35
UPMC Memorial York $2,497.20 $285.41 – $655.35
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,074.20 $377.68 – $728.17

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