Sec art mech thrmbc non-intracranial add-on 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

$7,408.20

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.

$12,347.00

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 $16,979.12 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
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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 ↓ -95%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $1,852.05 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial $3,086.75 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $3,170.58 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $3,511.91 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $3,704.10 ↓ -50%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $3,704.10 ↓ -50%
Univera Commercial $4,074.51 ↓ -45%
Aetna Medicare $4,938.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $4,938.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $4,938.80 ↓ -33%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $5,610.03 ↓ -24%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $6,173.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $6,790.85 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $6,790.85 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $7,823.55 ↑ +6%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $8,025.55 ↑ +8%
Aetna AXA/MMO $8,642.90 ↑ +17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $8,642.90 ↑ +17%
InterGroup Beech Street $9,877.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $9,877.60 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $10,612.04 ↑ +43%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $16,979.12 ↑ +129%

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Sec art mech thrmbc non-intracranial add-on at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $7,609.20 $3,170.58 – $10,145.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $12,577.80 $265.12 – $17,818.55
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $12,577.80 $265.12 – $17,818.55
UPMC East Monroeville $7,215.60 $3,006.50 – $9,620.80
UPMC Hanover Hanover $12,577.80 $265.12 – $6,301.51
UPMC Lititz Lititz $12,577.80 $258.87 – $6,301.51
UPMC Memorial York $12,577.80 $258.87 – $6,301.51
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $8,416.80 $3,511.91 – $3,959.04

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