Liver ds alys 3 bmrk srm alg 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

$972.60

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.

$1,621.00

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.

$65.78 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,296.80 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $65.78 ↓ -93%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $140.95 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $155.04 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $162.09 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicaid $169.14 ↓ -83%
Fidelis Medicare $176.19 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Commercial $176.19 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $179.71 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $179.85 ↓ -82%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $181.48 ↓ -81%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $185.00 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare $188.52 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $190.27 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $190.29 ↓ -80%
Cigna Medicare $190.29 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $190.29 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $195.91 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $198.78 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $209.03 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $220.04 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $240.21 ↓ -75%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $243.15 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $318.04 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial $405.25 ↓ -58%
Cigna New Business ASO $486.30 ↓ -50%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $486.30 ↓ -50%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $497.52 ↓ -49%
Univera Commercial $534.93 ↓ -45%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $567.35 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $596.53 ↓ -39%
Cigna EBR $648.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $648.40 ↓ -33%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $1,053.65 ↑ +8%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,134.70 ↑ +17%
Aetna AXA/MMO $1,134.70 ↑ +17%
InterGroup Beech Street $1,296.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $1,296.80 ↑ +33%

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Liver ds alys 3 bmrk srm alg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $944.40 $65.78 – $1,259.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $972.60 $63.57 – $1,458.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $68.40 $15.62 – $520.66
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $68.40 $22.80 – $520.66
UPMC East Monroeville $972.60 $66.41 – $1,296.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $917.40 $155.04 – $497.52
UPMC Hanover Hanover $68.40 $140.95 – $520.66
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $972.60 $106.37 – $497.52

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