Drug test(s) presumptive any class instrument chemistry analyzers 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

$137.40

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.

$229.00

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.

$52.66 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $416.02 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $52.66 ↓ -62%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $61.41 ↓ -55%
Occunet Commercial $62.14 ↓ -55%
Aetna of PA Medicare $62.14 ↓ -55%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $62.14 ↓ -55%
Humana Medicare $62.14 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Medicare $62.14 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $64.76 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $64.89 ↓ -53%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $67.10 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $67.11 ↓ -51%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $67.11 ↓ -51%
Cigna Medicare $67.11 ↓ -51%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $70.23 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicaid $72.15 ↓ -47%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $72.17 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $73.43 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Commercial $79.81 ↓ -42%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $108.81 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial $161.36 ↑ +17%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $171.75 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $183.20 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $201.52 ↑ +47%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $256.43 ↑ +87%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $416.02 ↑ +203%

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Drug test(s) presumptive any class instrument chemistry analyzers at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $399.60 $51.75 – $532.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $327.00 $22.42 – $490.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $159.60 $21.55 – $173.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $265.80 $40.39 – $354.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $212.40 $34.20 – $416.02
UPMC East Monroeville $292.80 $52.24 – $212.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $151.80 $51.75 – $88.75
UPMC Northwest Seneca $239.40 $56.35 – $73.43

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