Membrane collgn porcine maci w/autologous cult chondrocytes at UPMC Hamot
201 State Street, Erie, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1487647590
$77,166.00
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.
$128,610.00
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.
$9,645.75 with Univera vs $146,349.14 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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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| Univera | Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 | $9,645.75 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $16,076.25 | ↓ -79% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $18,211.18 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | NBR ASO/FI | $19,291.50 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $19,291.50 | ↓ -75% |
| Univera | Commercial | $21,220.65 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Commercial | $22,506.75 | ↓ -71% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $23,664.24 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $25,722.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Cigna | EBR | $25,722.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $25,722.00 | ↓ -67% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $29,226.62 | ↓ -62% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $30,270.37 | ↓ -61% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $32,152.50 | ↓ -58% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $35,367.75 | ↓ -54% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $35,367.75 | ↓ -54% |
| InterGroup | Health Coalition Partners/PPO | $41,798.25 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | AXA/MMO | $45,013.50 | ↓ -42% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $45,013.50 | ↓ -42% |
| InterGroup | Beech Street | $51,444.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Multiplan | Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) | $51,444.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Independent Health | Commercial | $53,297.04 | ↓ -31% |
| Independent Health | Medicare Advantage | $53,297.04 | ↓ -31% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission | $91,469.03 | ↑ +19% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $146,349.14 | ↑ +90% |
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Membrane collgn porcine maci w/autologous cult chondrocytes at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $77,166.00 | $7,690.88 – $51,444.00 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $47,214.60 | $30,558.61 – $58,626.74 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $50,047.20 | $30,558.61 – $30,558.61 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $308,663.40 | $30,558.61 – $30,558.61 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $77,166.00 | $30,558.61 – $30,558.61 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $114,657.00 | $17,198.46 – $57,328.20 |