Warde 1003990 aldosterone 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

$520.80

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.

$868.00

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.

$26.00 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $694.40 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
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $26.00 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $28.60 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $29.90 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicaid $31.20 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $36.14 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $38.56 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $40.27 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $40.59 ↓ -92%
Fidelis Medicare $40.75 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $41.56 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $41.60 ↓ -92%
Independent Health Commercial $41.97 ↓ -92%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $41.97 ↓ -92%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $41.97 ↓ -92%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $42.79 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare $43.60 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $44.01 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $44.01 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $44.01 ↓ -92%
Cigna Medicare $44.01 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $44.31 ↓ -91%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $55.84 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Commercial $56.02 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $78.78 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $110.82 ↓ -79%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $130.20 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial $217.00 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $238.04 ↓ -54%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $260.40 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $260.40 ↓ -50%
Univera Commercial $286.44 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial $347.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $347.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $380.86 ↓ -27%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $564.20 ↑ +8%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $607.60 ↑ +17%
Aetna AXA/MMO $607.60 ↑ +17%
InterGroup Beech Street $694.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $694.40 ↑ +33%

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Warde 1003990 aldosterone at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $385.20 $26.00 – $513.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $190.20 $14.70 – $285.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $205.80 $14.39 – $291.55
UPMC Cole Coudersport $280.20 $26.49 – $373.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $205.80 $26.00 – $221.93
UPMC East Monroeville $609.00 $26.00 – $812.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $201.60 $28.60 – $44.01
UPMC Hanover Hanover $205.80 $14.39 – $65.20

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