Cath entrl fd nutri 5fr 40cm 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

$9.60

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.

$16.00

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.

$4.93 with Cigna vs $82.99 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 $4.93 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Commercial $6.03 ↓ -37%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $7.20 ↓ -25%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $8.00 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $8.80 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $8.80 ↓ -8%
Aetna of PA Medicare $10.98 ↑ +14%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $12.00 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $12.80 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $14.08 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $16.94 ↑ +76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $26.46 ↑ +176%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $82.99 ↑ +764%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —

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Cath entrl fd nutri 5fr 40cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $22.80 $10.50 – $82.99
UPMC Bedford Everett $14.40 $6.00 – $82.99
UPMC East Monroeville $10.20 $3.00 – $82.99
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $171.00 $12.08 – $82.99
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $11.40 $26.00 – $65.53
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $24.00 $26.25 – $120.43
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $10.80 $26.25 – $101.84
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $8.40 $18.85 – $18.85

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