Controller infinity pt dbs 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

$697.20

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.

$1,162.00

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.

$59.40 with Aetna of PA vs $4,897.26 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
Aetna of PA Medicare $59.40 ↓ -91%
Occunet Commercial $203.10 ↓ -71%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $223.41 ↓ -68%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $223.41 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Commercial $236.27 ↓ -66%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $304.65 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial $319.54 ↓ -54%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $338.50 ↓ -51%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $507.75 ↓ -27%
Humana Commercial $541.60 ↓ -22%
National Provider Network PPO $595.76 ↓ -15%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $896.49 ↑ +29%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $4,897.26 ↑ +602%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Aetna Medicaid not published by hospital

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Controller infinity pt dbs at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $4,347.00 $240.54 – $4,897.26
UPMC Bedford Everett $4,558.20 $543.78 – $4,897.26
UPMC Cole Coudersport $22,140.00 $496.47 – $7,011.00
UPMC East Monroeville $3,442.80 $257.07 – $4,897.26
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,699.80 $880.94 – $880.94
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,636.00 $2,286.38 – $5,926.12
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $4,558.20 $2,245.15 – $4,897.26
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $5,581.20 $65.34 – $4,897.26

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