Mastectomy partial 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

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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.

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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.

$552.76 with UPMC Work Partners vs $5,882.41 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 $552.76
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $895.03
United Healthcare Commercial $1,754.00
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $2,704.55
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $2,794.87
Fidelis Medicare $4,213.43
Aetna Medicare $4,297.70
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $4,301.07
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,327.23
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $4,339.83
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $4,424.10
United Healthcare Medicare $4,508.37
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $4,550.08
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $4,550.50
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $4,550.50
Cigna Medicare $4,550.50
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $5,261.03
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $5,309.76
Independent Health Commercial $5,882.41
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Mastectomy partial at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,033.20 $477.34 – $1,377.60
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $3,172.33 $3,795.06 – $8,842.49
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $552.76 – $3,942.82
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle not published $578.47 – $5,861.07
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg not published $578.47 – $5,805.45
UPMC East Monroeville not published $552.76 – $4,015.84
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $552.76 – $3,942.82
UPMC Hanover Hanover not published $578.47 – $5,852.98

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