Alginate drsg >16 <=48 sq in at UPMC Jameson

1211 Wilmington Avenue, New Castle, PA · UPMC · · NPI 111471575

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$118.20

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.

$197.00

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.

$12.01 with Cigna vs $91.90 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
Cigna Commercial $12.01 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $14.08 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Commercial $14.70 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $17.03 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $17.55 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $19.50 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $21.45 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $21.45 ↓ -82%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $29.25 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $29.66 ↓ -75%
Humana Commercial $31.20 ↓ -74%
National Provider Network PPO $34.32 ↓ -71%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $37.91 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $91.90 ↓ -22%

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Alginate drsg >16 <=48 sq in at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $161.40 $5.00 – $91.90
UPMC Bedford Everett $105.00 $6.75 – $91.90
UPMC East Monroeville $118.20 $2.50 – $91.90
UPMC Hamot Erie $141.00 $29.15 – $37.91
UPMC Northwest Seneca $96.00 $37.91 – $111.20
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $141.00 $37.91 – $91.90
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $133.20 $15.49 – $91.90
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $96.00 $15.49 – $91.90

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