IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis each additional 1 hour 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

$234.60

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.

$391.00

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.

$13.52 with UPMC Health Plan vs $542.79 with Molina Healthcare of NY — 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 $13.52 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $14.13 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicaid $14.75 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $17.08 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $18.23 ↓ -92%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $18.53 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $19.19 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $20.94 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $23.77 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $32.95 ↓ -86%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $36.90 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $38.03 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $44.18 ↓ -81%
Fidelis Medicare $50.77 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $51.79 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $51.83 ↓ -78%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $52.29 ↓ -78%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $53.31 ↓ -77%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $53.32 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare $54.32 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $54.83 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $54.83 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $54.83 ↓ -77%
Cigna Medicare $54.83 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial $61.50 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $67.78 ↓ -71%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $73.80 ↓ -69%
Cigna New Business ASO $73.80 ↓ -69%
Univera Commercial $81.18 ↓ -65%
Cigna EBR $98.40 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial $98.40 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Commercial $111.81 ↓ -52%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $159.90 ↓ -32%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $172.20 ↓ -27%
Aetna AXA/MMO $172.20 ↓ -27%
InterGroup Beech Street $196.80 ↓ -16%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $196.80 ↓ -16%
Fidelis Child Health Plus/Family Health Plus/Medicaid $241.24 ↑ +3%
Fidelis Essential Plan $542.79 ↑ +131%
Molina Healthcare of NY CHIP (For Kids)/Essential Plan/Medicaid $542.79 ↑ +131%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis each additional 1 hour at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $220.80 $12.29 – $294.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $100.20 $12.90 – $150.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $265.20 $15.61 – $375.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $140.40 $12.90 – $65.52
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $397.80 $15.61 – $375.70
UPMC East Monroeville $251.40 $13.52 – $335.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $138.00 $13.52 – $46.19
UPMC Hanover Hanover $265.20 $15.61 – $70.53

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