Ther/proph/diag inj ia 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

$250.20

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.

$417.00

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.

$11.88 with UPMC Health Plan vs $333.60 with Multiplan — 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 $11.88 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $12.42 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicaid $12.96 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $15.01 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $16.02 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $16.29 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $16.86 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $17.65 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $18.41 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $26.26 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $27.00 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $28.24 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $32.81 ↓ -87%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $46.31 ↓ -81%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $62.55 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial $104.25 ↓ -58%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $125.10 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $125.10 ↓ -50%
Univera Commercial $137.61 ↓ -45%
Cigna EBR $166.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $166.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare $166.80 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $189.53 ↓ -24%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $208.50 ↓ -17%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $271.05 ↑ +8%
Aetna AXA/MMO $291.90 ↑ +17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $291.90 ↑ +17%
InterGroup Beech Street $333.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $333.60 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ther/proph/diag inj ia at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett $205.20 $11.34 – $307.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $108.00 $11.34 – $50.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $369.00 $13.72 – $522.75
UPMC Hanover Hanover $369.00 $13.72 – $322.03
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $198.60 $11.88 – $216.94
UPMC Memorial York $369.00 $13.72 – $323.25
UPMC Muncy Muncy $378.00 $11.88 – $28.89
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $198.60 $11.88 – $220.96

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