CT guid parench tis ablat 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

$2,815.20

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.

$4,692.00

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.

$465.58 with Aetna of PA vs $4,128.96 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 $465.58 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $579.78 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Commercial $763.00 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $805.14 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,306.26 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial $1,445.14 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,346.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2,580.60 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2,580.60 ↓ -8%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $3,519.00 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $3,753.60 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $4,128.96 ↑ +47%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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CT guid parench tis ablat at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,177.00 $569.72 – $4,236.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $835.80 $190.84 – $1,184.05
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $835.80 $278.60 – $2,504.84
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,402.60 $569.72 – $1,081.05
UPMC Hanover Hanover $835.80 $280.00 – $1,306.26
UPMC Lititz Lititz $835.80 $280.00 – $1,306.26
UPMC Memorial York $835.80 $280.00 – $1,306.26
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,764.00 $575.15 – $820.03

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