EKG (Tracing Only) 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

$158.40

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.

$264.00

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.

$11.51 with UPMC Health Plan vs $232.32 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $11.51 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicaid $11.82 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $12.03 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $13.60 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $14.54 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $16.91 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $17.83 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $37.07 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare $56.63 ↓ -64%
Aetna of PA Medicare $56.63 ↓ -64%
Humana Medicare $56.63 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $59.02 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $59.13 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $60.14 ↓ -62%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $61.15 ↓ -61%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $61.16 ↓ -61%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $61.16 ↓ -61%
Cigna Medicare $61.16 ↓ -61%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $69.31 ↓ -56%
Occunet Commercial $70.79 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial $81.31 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Commercial $169.00 ↑ +7%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $198.00 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $211.20 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $232.32 ↑ +47%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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EKG (Tracing Only) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $135.00 $10.46 – $180.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $100.20 $10.98 – $150.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $247.80 $13.28 – $351.05
UPMC Cole Coudersport $154.20 $7.51 – $71.96
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $247.80 $13.28 – $205.70
UPMC East Monroeville $85.80 $11.51 – $114.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $180.60 $11.51 – $81.67
UPMC Northwest Seneca $147.60 $11.51 – $69.31

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