Carbon dioxide 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

$18.60

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.

$31.00

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.

$4.82 with UPMC Work Partners vs $33.21 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $4.82 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare $4.88 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $4.88 ↓ -74%
Aetna of PA Medicare $4.88 ↓ -74%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $4.88 ↓ -74%
Occunet Commercial $4.88 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $5.09 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $5.10 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $5.27 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $5.27 ↓ -72%
Cigna Medicare $5.27 ↓ -72%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5.27 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Commercial $6.83 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $7.39 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicaid $7.59 ↓ -59%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $7.60 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $7.73 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $9.33 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $11.45 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial $12.67 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $20.47 ↑ +10%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $23.25 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $24.80 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $27.28 ↑ +47%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $33.21 ↑ +79%

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Carbon dioxide at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $40.80 $4.82 – $54.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $30.00 $1.76 – $45.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $24.60 $4.83 – $34.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $37.80 $3.17 – $50.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $24.60 $4.83 – $34.85
UPMC East Monroeville $70.80 $4.82 – $94.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $42.00 $4.82 – $9.34
UPMC Northwest Seneca $36.00 $4.43 – $7.73

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