Ercp ea duct/ampulla dilate 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

$2,650.80

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.

$4,418.00

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.

$304.23 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $4,896.67 with Occunet — 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 $304.23 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $569.35 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $892.40 ↓ -66%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,546.30 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,988.10 ↓ -25%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2,429.90 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2,429.90 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial $2,841.30 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,961.00 ↑ +12%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $3,313.50 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $3,534.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Medicare $3,627.16 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,627.16 ↑ +37%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,627.16 ↑ +37%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $3,780.23 ↑ +43%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $3,787.48 ↑ +43%
National Provider Network PPO $3,887.84 ↑ +47%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,916.97 ↑ +48%
Cigna Medicare $3,917.33 ↑ +48%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,917.33 ↑ +48%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,917.33 ↑ +48%
Occunet Commercial $4,896.67 ↑ +85%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ercp ea duct/ampulla dilate at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,517.80 $298.95 – $4,690.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $724.80 $334.86 – $1,041.88
UPMC East Monroeville $3,055.20 $301.80 – $4,073.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,961.40 $298.95 – $5,275.45
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $4,176.60 $301.80 – $3,989.88
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $3,339.60 $301.80 – $3,989.88
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $4,282.20 $298.95 – $3,989.88
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,500.80 $301.80 – $3,989.88

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