Endo cath bile duct s&i 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

$287.40

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.

$479.00

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.

$66.38 with Aetna of PA vs $568.85 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
Aetna of PA Medicare $66.38 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial $147.53 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $180.87 ↓ -37%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $239.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $263.45 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $263.45 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $313.00 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $350.62 ↑ +22%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $359.25 ↑ +25%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $362.63 ↑ +26%
Humana Commercial $383.20 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $421.52 ↑ +47%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $568.85 ↑ +98%

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Endo cath bile duct s&i at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $569.40 $177.74 – $759.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $525.00 $119.88 – $743.75
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $525.00 $175.00 – $781.44
UPMC East Monroeville $1,019.40 $179.43 – $1,359.20
UPMC Hanover Hanover $525.00 $379.49 – $568.85
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $519.60 $264.13 – $362.63
UPMC Lititz Lititz $525.00 $66.38 – $568.85
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1,124.40 $73.02 – $453.45

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