Gw stiffened micro access kit 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

$777.00

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.

$1,295.00

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.

$7.70 with Cigna vs $418.71 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
Cigna Commercial $7.70 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Commercial $9.43 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $11.25 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12.50 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $13.75 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $13.75 ↓ -98%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $18.75 ↓ -98%
Humana Commercial $20.00 ↓ -97%
National Provider Network PPO $22.00 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $48.75 ↓ -94%
Aetna of PA Medicare $82.29 ↓ -89%
Occunet Commercial $130.20 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $418.71 ↓ -46%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Aetna Medicaid not published by hospital

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Gw stiffened micro access kit at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,307.80 $28.50 – $418.71
UPMC Bedford Everett $557.40 $60.75 – $418.71
UPMC Cole Coudersport $291.60 $92.34 – $388.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,252.80 $5.40 – $418.71
UPMC East Monroeville $8,089.80 $7.75 – $418.71
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,858.60 $47.90 – $47.90
UPMC Northwest Seneca $496.80 $124.32 – $506.68
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,013.40 $122.08 – $418.71

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