Immune complex assay 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

$175.20

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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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$292.00

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.

$24.09 with UPMC Work Partners vs $256.96 with National Provider Network — 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $24.09 ↓ -86%
Aetna of PA Medicare $24.37 ↓ -86%
Occunet Commercial $24.37 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $24.37 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare $24.37 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare $24.37 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $25.40 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $25.45 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $26.32 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $26.32 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $26.32 ↓ -85%
Cigna Medicare $26.32 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $33.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicaid $33.90 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $33.91 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Commercial $34.05 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $34.50 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $47.93 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $51.13 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial $63.28 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $78.77 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $127.79 ↓ -27%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $219.00 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $233.60 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $256.96 ↑ +47%

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Immune complex assay at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $243.00 $24.09 – $324.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $338.40 $8.79 – $507.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $88.80 $17.75 – $125.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $178.20 $15.84 – $237.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $88.80 $24.13 – $127.79
UPMC East Monroeville $306.00 $24.09 – $408.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $274.80 $24.09 – $47.10
UPMC Northwest Seneca $289.20 $22.10 – $34.50

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