Histamine 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

$114.60

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.

$191.00

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.

$14.30 with UPMC Health Plan vs $242.14 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $14.30 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicaid $14.69 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $14.69 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $14.95 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $18.07 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $22.15 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $29.19 ↓ -75%
Occunet Commercial $29.53 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $29.53 ↓ -74%
Aetna of PA Medicare $29.53 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare $29.53 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $30.78 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $30.84 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $31.89 ↓ -72%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $31.89 ↓ -72%
Cigna Medicare $31.89 ↓ -72%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $31.89 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Commercial $41.26 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial $76.67 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $81.68 ↓ -29%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $143.25 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $149.25 ↑ +30%
Humana Commercial $152.80 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $168.08 ↑ +47%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $242.14 ↑ +111%

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Histamine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $351.60 $13.00 – $468.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $173.40 $10.65 – $260.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $149.40 $13.00 – $211.65
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $149.40 $13.00 – $242.14
UPMC East Monroeville $620.40 $13.00 – $827.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $469.80 $13.00 – $80.26
UPMC Northwest Seneca $209.40 $14.30 – $31.01
UPMC Hanover Hanover $149.40 $13.00 – $47.25

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