Navigational bronchoscopy 31627 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

$8,494.20

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$14,157.00

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.

$340.00 with United Healthcare vs $11,325.60 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
United Healthcare Commercial $340.00 ↓ -96%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $1,572.66 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,677.84 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,852.24 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $2,013.66 ↓ -76%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $2,123.55 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial $3,539.25 ↓ -58%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $4,247.10 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $4,247.10 ↓ -50%
Univera Commercial $4,671.81 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial $5,662.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare $5,662.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $5,662.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $6,084.74 ↓ -28%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $7,078.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $7,786.35 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $7,786.35 ↓ -8%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $9,202.05 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $9,735.49 ↑ +15%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $9,909.90 ↑ +17%
Aetna AXA/MMO $9,909.90 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $11,325.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Beech Street $11,325.60 ↑ +33%

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Navigational bronchoscopy 31627 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,336.00 $1,491.90 – $4,448.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,062.00 $75.82 – $8,312.02
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,062.00 $75.82 – $1,755.88
UPMC Memorial York $1,062.00 $75.82 – $1,755.88
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $10,068.60 $831.39 – $2,032.83
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,062.00 $66.56 – $1,993.29
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $6,768.80 $74.09 – $1,677.84
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $5,596.80 $74.09 – $1,853.43

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