Dilate urethra stricture 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

$424.20

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.

$707.00

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.

$22.00 with UPMC Health Plan vs $892.40 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families — 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 Health Plan Managed Medicaid $22.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicaid $22.60 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $26.00 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $27.80 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $34.08 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $113.14 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $166.80 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare $231.87 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Medicare $231.87 ↓ -45%
Aetna of PA Medicare $231.87 ↓ -45%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $241.65 ↓ -43%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $242.12 ↓ -43%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $250.40 ↓ -41%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $250.42 ↓ -41%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $250.42 ↓ -41%
Cigna Medicare $250.42 ↓ -41%
Occunet Commercial $313.02 ↓ -26%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $391.22 ↓ -8%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $530.25 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $565.60 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Commercial $581.00 ↑ +37%
National Provider Network PPO $622.16 ↑ +47%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $634.70 ↑ +50%
Cigna Commercial $704.18 ↑ +66%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $892.40 ↑ +110%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Dilate urethra stricture at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $534.00 $25.40 – $1,016.56
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $534.00 $25.40 – $1,016.56
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UPMC Hanover Hanover $534.00 $25.40 – $1,016.56
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $813.00 $22.00 – $318.88
UPMC Lititz Lititz $534.00 $25.40 – $1,016.56
UPMC Memorial York $534.00 $25.40 – $1,016.56
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