Trnscath retrv pq vasc fb w/guide 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

$7,031.40

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.

$11,719.00

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.

$266.53 with UPMC Health Plan vs $12,266.06 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 $266.53 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $278.64 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicaid $290.76 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $336.77 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $359.33 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $365.39 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $378.25 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $412.93 ↓ -94%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $1,757.85 ↓ -75%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,097.04 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $2,341.94 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,608.00 ↓ -63%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $2,794.87 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial $2,929.75 ↓ -58%
Fidelis Medicare $3,463.26 ↓ -51%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $3,515.70 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $3,515.70 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $3,532.53 ↓ -50%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $3,535.30 ↓ -50%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $3,567.16 ↓ -49%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $3,636.42 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,705.69 ↓ -47%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,739.97 ↓ -47%
Cigna Medicare $3,740.32 ↓ -47%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,740.32 ↓ -47%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,740.32 ↓ -47%
Univera Commercial $3,867.27 ↓ -45%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $4,364.40 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial $4,687.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $4,687.60 ↓ -33%
Independent Health Commercial $5,097.31 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $7,076.72 ↑ +1%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $7,617.35 ↑ +8%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $8,203.30 ↑ +17%
Aetna AXA/MMO $8,203.30 ↑ +17%
InterGroup Beech Street $9,375.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $9,375.20 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $11,322.65 ↑ +61%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $12,266.06 ↑ +74%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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