Fluoroguide for spine inject 77003-26 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

$215.40

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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.

$359.00

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.

$32.42 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $315.92 with National Provider Network — same scan, same building. Share

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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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $32.42 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $55.32 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicaid $56.83 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $65.38 ↓ -70%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $69.90 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $77.22 ↓ -64%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $85.70 ↓ -60%
Aetna of PA Medicare $92.44 ↓ -57%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $107.16 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $110.57 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $173.79 ↓ -19%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $179.50 ↓ -17%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $269.25 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $281.96 ↑ +31%
Humana Commercial $287.20 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Commercial $313.00 ↑ +45%
National Provider Network PPO $315.92 ↑ +47%

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Fluoroguide for spine inject 77003-26 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $373.20 $28.19 – $497.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $990.00 $36.93 – $1,402.50
UPMC Cole Coudersport $252.00 $52.80 – $192.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $990.00 $36.93 – $1,402.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $511.80 $55.32 – $196.93
UPMC Hanover Hanover $990.00 $36.93 – $112.15
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $239.40 $52.80 – $147.61
UPMC Lititz Lititz $990.00 $36.93 – $112.15

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