Removal of hip foreign body 27087 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

$4,596.00

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$7,660.00

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.

$71.50 with UPMC Health Plan vs $6,128.00 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $71.50 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $74.75 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicaid $78.00 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $90.34 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $96.39 ↓ -98%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $98.02 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $101.47 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $110.77 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $836.96 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,029.61 ↓ -78%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $1,149.00 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,754.00 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial $1,915.00 ↓ -58%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $2,298.00 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,298.00 ↓ -50%
Univera Commercial $2,527.80 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $2,529.08 ↓ -45%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $2,794.87 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial $3,064.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $3,064.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,273.70 ↓ -29%
Fidelis Medicare $3,570.11 ↓ -22%
Aetna Medicare $3,641.51 ↓ -21%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $3,644.37 ↓ -21%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $3,677.21 ↓ -20%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $3,748.62 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,820.02 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,855.36 ↓ -16%
Cigna Medicare $3,855.72 ↓ -16%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,855.72 ↓ -16%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,855.72 ↓ -16%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,046.49 ↓ -12%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $4,499.05 ↓ -2%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $4,979.00 ↑ +8%
Independent Health Commercial $5,093.35 ↑ +11%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $5,362.00 ↑ +17%
Aetna AXA/MMO $5,362.00 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $6,128.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Beech Street $6,128.00 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Removal of hip foreign body 27087 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $5,152.80 $65.00 – $6,870.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $5,247.60 $68.25 – $7,871.40
UPMC East Monroeville $4,669.80 $71.50 – $6,226.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $5,009.40 $71.50 – $3,248.02
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $3,645.60 $71.50 – $3,340.82
UPMC Jameson New Castle $3,645.60 $71.50 – $4,176.02
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $3,961.20 $71.50 – $3,340.82
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $4,303.80 $71.50 – $3,402.68

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