I-123 sod iodide diag per 100 uci 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

$158.40

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.

$264.00

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.

$81.31 with Cigna vs $355.38 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Cigna Commercial $81.31 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Commercial $99.53 ↓ -37%
Aetna of PA Medicare $108.36 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $118.80 ↓ -25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $122.25 ↓ -23%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $132.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $145.20 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $145.20 ↓ -8%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $198.00 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $211.20 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $232.32 ↑ +47%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $355.38 ↑ +124%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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I-123 sod iodide diag per 100 uci at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $236.40 $120.13 – $355.38
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $139.20 $31.78 – $197.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $83.40 $38.53 – $111.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $139.20 $46.40 – $355.38
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,122.60 $85.42 – $307.56
UPMC Northwest Seneca $646.80 $311.79 – $430.04
UPMC Hanover Hanover $139.20 $137.83 – $355.38
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $265.20 $111.60 – $355.38

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