Warde 1006955 catecholamines fractionated 24 hour urine 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

$498.60

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.

$831.00

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.

$22.00 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $664.80 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 $22.00 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $24.20 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $24.96 ↓ -95%
Fidelis Medicare $25.25 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $25.30 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $25.75 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $25.78 ↓ -95%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $26.01 ↓ -95%
Independent Health Commercial $26.01 ↓ -95%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $26.01 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicaid $26.40 ↓ -95%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $26.51 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare $27.02 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $27.27 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $27.27 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $27.27 ↓ -95%
Cigna Medicare $27.27 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $30.58 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $32.63 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $34.34 ↓ -93%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $34.59 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Commercial $34.71 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $37.49 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $48.81 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $74.27 ↓ -85%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $124.65 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $147.50 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial $207.75 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $235.99 ↓ -53%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $249.30 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $249.30 ↓ -50%
Univera Commercial $274.23 ↓ -45%
Cigna EBR $332.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $332.40 ↓ -33%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $540.15 ↑ +8%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $581.70 ↑ +17%
Aetna AXA/MMO $581.70 ↑ +17%
InterGroup Beech Street $664.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $664.80 ↑ +33%

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Warde 1006955 catecholamines fractionated 24 hour urine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $325.80 $22.00 – $434.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $115.80 $9.11 – $173.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $127.80 $22.00 – $181.05
UPMC Cole Coudersport $171.00 $16.41 – $228.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $127.80 $22.00 – $181.05
UPMC East Monroeville $378.00 $22.00 – $504.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $126.60 $22.90 – $27.27
UPMC Hanover Hanover $127.80 $22.00 – $40.40

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