Drainage of arm bursa 23931 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

$1,528.20

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.

$2,547.00

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.

$43.45 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,317.28 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $43.45 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicaid $44.63 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $51.35 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $54.90 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $67.32 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $228.61 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $742.68 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $892.40 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial $953.25 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,146.15 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare $1,544.70 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,544.70 ↑ +1%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,544.70 ↑ +1%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,609.89 ↑ +5%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $1,612.98 ↑ +6%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,668.12 ↑ +9%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,668.28 ↑ +9%
Cigna Medicare $1,668.28 ↑ +9%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,668.28 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,741.00 ↑ +14%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $1,910.25 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $2,037.60 ↑ +33%
Occunet Commercial $2,085.34 ↑ +36%
National Provider Network PPO $2,241.36 ↑ +47%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,317.28 ↑ +52%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Drainage of arm bursa 23931 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,080.80 $50.16 – $2,947.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,080.80 $50.16 – $2,947.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,234.20 $43.45 – $2,246.66
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,183.40 $43.45 – $1,621.93
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,080.80 $50.16 – $2,476.51
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $3,508.20 $43.45 – $1,668.28
UPMC Lititz Lititz $2,080.80 $50.16 – $2,489.89
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $4,155.60 $43.45 – $1,668.28

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