Cornea pre-cut midwest eye cornea pre-cut midwest eye 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

$8,864.40

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.

$14,774.00

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.

$1,448.30 with Aetna of PA vs $13,001.12 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
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,448.30 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial $4,550.39 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,569.80 ↓ -37%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $6,648.30 ↓ -25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $7,313.13 ↓ -18%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $7,387.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $7,642.60 ↓ -14%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $8,125.70 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $8,125.70 ↓ -8%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $11,080.50 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $11,819.20 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $13,001.12 ↑ +47%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —

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Cornea pre-cut midwest eye cornea pre-cut midwest eye at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $21,789.60 $4,975.29 – $30,868.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $21,789.60 $7,263.20 – $30,868.60
UPMC East Monroeville $7,849.80 $3,270.75 – $10,466.40
UPMC Hanover Hanover $21,789.60 $7,642.60 – $7,642.60
UPMC Lititz Lititz $21,789.60 $1,448.30 – $7,642.60
UPMC Memorial York $21,789.60 $1,448.30 – $7,642.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $11,265.60 $6,034.92 – $6,034.92
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,200.00 $300.00 – $1,800.00

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