Pt repositioning canalith procedure(s) per day 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

$202.20

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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.

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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$337.00

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.

$48.14 with Independent Health vs $358.03 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.

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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

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
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $48.14 ↓ -76%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $50.55 ↓ -75%
Independent Health Commercial $51.33 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $52.85 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $74.05 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial $84.25 ↓ -58%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $98.51 ↓ -51%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $101.10 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $101.10 ↓ -50%
Univera Commercial $111.21 ↓ -45%
Aetna Medicare $134.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $134.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $134.80 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $139.00 ↓ -31%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $168.50 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $185.35 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $185.35 ↓ -8%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $219.05 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $223.77 ↑ +11%
Aetna AXA/MMO $235.90 ↑ +17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $235.90 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $269.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Beech Street $269.60 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $358.03 ↑ +77%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Pt repositioning canalith procedure(s) per day at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $387.60 $74.05 – $516.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $450.00 $105.84 – $675.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $78.60 $17.95 – $148.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $100.80 $38.01 – $134.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $78.60 $26.20 – $243.39
UPMC East Monroeville $253.80 $74.76 – $338.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $384.00 $128.08 – $192.20
UPMC Hanover Hanover $78.60 $28.98 – $148.00

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