Interrogate subq defib at UPMC Hamot
201 State Street, Erie, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1487647590
$199.20
Cash price 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.
$332.00
Gross charge 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.
$16.21 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $265.60 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $16.21 | ↓ -92% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $27.63 | ↓ -86% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $41.03 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $41.85 | ↓ -79% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $41.88 | ↓ -79% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $42.26 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $43.08 | ↓ -78% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $43.90 | ↓ -78% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $44.31 | ↓ -78% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $44.31 | ↓ -78% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $44.31 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $44.31 | ↓ -78% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission | $48.98 | ↓ -75% |
| Univera | Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 | $49.80 | ↓ -75% |
| Independent Health | Medicare Advantage | $51.71 | ↓ -74% |
| Independent Health | Commercial | $59.89 | ↓ -70% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $78.36 | ↓ -61% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $80.12 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $83.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Cigna | NBR ASO/FI | $99.60 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $99.60 | ↓ -50% |
| Univera | Commercial | $109.56 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $132.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | EBR | $132.80 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Commercial | $181.92 | ↓ -9% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $182.60 | ↓ -8% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $182.60 | ↓ -8% |
| InterGroup | Health Coalition Partners/PPO | $215.80 | ↑ +8% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $232.40 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | AXA/MMO | $232.40 | ↑ +17% |
| InterGroup | Beech Street | $265.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) | $265.60 | ↑ +33% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Interrogate subq defib at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $100.20 | $16.49 – $80.12 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $96.00 | $16.36 – $80.12 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $96.60 | $16.36 – $93.16 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $226.20 | $16.36 – $102.93 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $117.00 | $27.33 – $88.50 |
| WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital | Ephrata | $765.60 | $27.97 – $63.02 |
| Uniontown Hospital | Uniontown | $49.50 | $26.25 – $75.13 |