Tpmt gene com vrnts 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

$477.00

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.

$795.00

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.

$110.86 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $636.00 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $110.86 ↓ -77%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $119.25 ↓ -75%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $172.77 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Commercial $174.81 ↓ -63%
Fidelis Medicare $174.81 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare $178.31 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $178.45 ↓ -63%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $180.05 ↓ -62%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $180.05 ↓ -62%
Independent Health Commercial $180.05 ↓ -62%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $183.55 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Medicare $187.05 ↓ -61%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $188.78 ↓ -60%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $188.79 ↓ -60%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $188.79 ↓ -60%
Cigna Medicare $188.79 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial $198.75 ↓ -58%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $238.50 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $238.50 ↓ -50%
Univera Commercial $262.35 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial $318.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $318.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $334.99 ↓ -30%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $368.43 ↓ -23%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $437.25 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $437.25 ↓ -8%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $516.75 ↑ +8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $534.34 ↑ +12%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $535.97 ↑ +12%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $556.50 ↑ +17%
Aetna AXA/MMO $556.50 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $636.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Beech Street $636.00 ↑ +33%

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Tpmt gene com vrnts at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $472.80 $110.86 – $630.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,009.80 $96.15 – $1,430.55
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,009.80 $139.69 – $1,430.55
UPMC East Monroeville $477.00 $111.91 – $636.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $477.00 $158.54 – $188.79
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,009.80 $139.69 – $1,070.05
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $477.00 $156.51 – $188.79
UPMC Jameson New Castle $477.00 $112.82 – $188.79

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