Histochemical stains add-on at UPMC Jameson
1211 Wilmington Avenue, New Castle, PA · UPMC · · NPI 111471575
$100.20
Cash price 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.
$167.00
Gross charge 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.
$8.63 with United Healthcare vs $176.03 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United Healthcare | Commercial | $8.63 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $9.88 | ↓ -90% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $19.96 | ↓ -80% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $33.12 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Medicaid | $34.02 | ↓ -66% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $34.03 | ↓ -66% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $39.42 | ↓ -61% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $41.85 | ↓ -58% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $51.31 | ↓ -49% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $63.95 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $77.07 | ↓ -23% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $83.50 | ↓ -17% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $94.12 | ↓ -6% |
| Multiplan | PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) | $125.25 | ↑ +25% |
| Humana | Commercial | $133.60 | ↑ +33% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $146.96 | ↑ +47% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $176.03 | ↑ +76% |
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Histochemical stains add-on at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $193.20 | $8.59 – $257.60 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $126.00 | $11.25 – $196.12 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $174.00 | $31.62 – $232.00 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $126.00 | $11.25 – $178.50 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $153.00 | $17.59 – $204.00 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $125.40 | $19.61 – $205.57 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $57.60 | $17.76 – $94.12 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $126.00 | $11.25 – $196.12 |