Endoluminl ivus oct c 1st 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

$748.80

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.

$1,248.00

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.

$128.06 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $4,232.23 with Cigna — 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 $128.06 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $172.65 ↓ -77%
Aetna of PA Medicare $244.19 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $264.06 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicaid $271.26 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $309.27 ↓ -59%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $312.09 ↓ -58%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $333.65 ↓ -55%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $409.09 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Commercial $459.26 ↓ -39%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $501.76 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $555.08 ↓ -26%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $624.00 ↓ -17%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $936.00 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $998.40 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $1,098.24 ↑ +47%
Cigna Commercial $4,232.23 ↑ +465%

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Endoluminl ivus oct c 1st at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $597.00 $125.84 – $796.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $3,046.80 $196.67 – $17,298.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $3,046.80 $196.67 – $4,316.30
UPMC East Monroeville $649.80 $127.04 – $866.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,346.00 $125.84 – $570.36
UPMC Hanover Hanover $3,046.80 $196.67 – $580.90
UPMC Lititz Lititz $3,046.80 $196.67 – $580.90
UPMC Memorial York $3,046.80 $102.57 – $580.90

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