Mastoids complete 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

$418.20

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.

$697.00

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.

$54.96 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $557.60 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 $54.96 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $81.21 ↓ -81%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $104.55 ↓ -75%
Fidelis Medicare $117.01 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare $119.35 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $119.44 ↓ -71%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $119.93 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $120.52 ↓ -71%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $122.86 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicare $125.20 ↓ -70%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $126.36 ↓ -70%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $126.37 ↓ -70%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $126.37 ↓ -70%
Cigna Medicare $126.37 ↓ -70%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $126.77 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $166.09 ↓ -60%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $166.40 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial $174.25 ↓ -58%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $209.10 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $209.10 ↓ -50%
Independent Health Commercial $221.61 ↓ -47%
Univera Commercial $230.01 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $265.74 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $278.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $278.80 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $316.79 ↓ -24%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $383.35 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $383.35 ↓ -8%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $453.05 ↑ +8%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $487.90 ↑ +17%
Aetna AXA/MMO $487.90 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $557.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Beech Street $557.60 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Mastoids complete at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $483.60 $54.96 – $644.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $262.80 $36.02 – $372.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $248.40 $58.28 – $331.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $262.80 $36.02 – $372.30
UPMC Northwest Seneca $348.60 $45.15 – $113.86
UPMC Hanover Hanover $262.80 $36.02 – $162.62
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $250.80 $45.30 – $113.86
UPMC Jameson New Castle $215.40 $31.62 – $126.72

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