Warde 3400683 amplification rna markers infectious disease bacterial vaginosis 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

$604.80

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.

$1,008.00

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.

$106.47 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $806.40 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 $106.47 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $140.96 ↓ -77%
Fidelis Medicare $142.63 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Commercial $142.63 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare $145.48 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $145.60 ↓ -76%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $146.91 ↓ -76%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $146.91 ↓ -76%
Independent Health Commercial $146.91 ↓ -76%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $149.76 ↓ -75%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $151.20 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Medicare $152.61 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $154.03 ↓ -75%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $154.04 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $154.04 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare $154.04 ↓ -75%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $195.40 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial $252.00 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $301.23 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $302.40 ↓ -50%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $302.40 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $321.73 ↓ -47%
Univera Commercial $332.64 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial $403.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $403.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $514.76 ↓ -15%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $554.40 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $554.40 ↓ -8%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $655.20 ↑ +8%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $705.60 ↑ +17%
Aetna AXA/MMO $705.60 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $806.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Beech Street $806.40 ↑ +33%

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Warde 3400683 amplification rna markers infectious disease bacterial vaginosis at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $538.20 $106.47 – $717.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $699.60 $51.46 – $1,049.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $309.60 $70.69 – $438.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $309.60 $103.20 – $603.23
UPMC Northwest Seneca $664.20 $129.35 – $154.04
UPMC Hanover Hanover $309.60 $83.42 – $603.23
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $412.20 $127.70 – $172.16
UPMC Jameson New Castle $412.20 $100.05 – $154.04

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