Biopsy of salivary gland 42400 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

$738.00

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.

$1,230.00

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.

$38.50 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,082.40 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 Health Plan Managed Medicaid $38.50 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicaid $39.55 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $45.50 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $48.65 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $59.65 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $132.41 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $154.23 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $400.74 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $553.50 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare $670.79 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $670.79 ↓ -9%
Aetna of PA Medicare $670.79 ↓ -9%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $699.10 ↓ -5%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $700.44 ↓ -5%
Cigna Commercial $704.18 ↓ -5%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $724.39 ↓ -2%
Cigna Medicare $724.45 ↓ -2%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $724.45 ↓ -2%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $724.45 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Commercial $882.00 ↑ +20%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $892.40 ↑ +21%
Occunet Commercial $905.57 ↑ +23%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $922.50 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $984.00 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $1,082.40 ↑ +47%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Biopsy of salivary gland 42400 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $730.20 $35.00 – $973.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,198.40 $44.45 – $3,114.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $117.00 $36.75 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,198.40 $47.25 – $3,114.40
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,198.40 $44.45 – $1,075.42
UPMC Lititz Lititz $2,198.40 $44.45 – $1,081.23
UPMC Memorial York $2,198.40 $44.45 – $1,079.47
UPMC Muncy Muncy $971.40 $38.50 – $993.28

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