Amino acids quant 2-5 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

$141.00

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.

$235.00

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.

$19.38 with UPMC Work Partners vs $206.80 with National Provider Network — 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $19.38 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare $19.61 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare $19.61 ↓ -86%
Aetna of PA Medicare $19.61 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $19.61 ↓ -86%
Occunet Commercial $19.61 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $20.44 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $20.48 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $21.18 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $21.18 ↓ -85%
Cigna Medicare $21.18 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $21.18 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Commercial $23.57 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $25.63 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicaid $26.33 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $26.34 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $26.80 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $39.71 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $45.57 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial $50.93 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $84.64 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $137.31 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $176.25 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $188.00 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $206.80 ↑ +47%

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Amino acids quant 2-5 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $220.80 $19.38 – $294.40
UPMC East Monroeville $171.00 $19.38 – $228.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $232.80 $19.38 – $44.78
UPMC Northwest Seneca $229.20 $17.78 – $26.80
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $141.00 $17.56 – $36.80
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $156.00 $18.35 – $45.20
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $170.40 $18.18 – $45.20
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $192.60 $16.35 – $44.78

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