Immunoglobulin 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

$557.40

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.

$929.00

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.

$12.32 with UPMC Work Partners vs $817.52 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 $12.32 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare $12.46 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $12.46 ↓ -98%
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.46 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare $12.46 ↓ -98%
Occunet Commercial $12.46 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $12.99 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $13.01 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.46 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $13.46 ↓ -98%
Cigna Medicare $13.46 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $13.46 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $16.72 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $17.18 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicaid $17.18 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Commercial $17.40 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $17.48 ↓ -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 $21.13 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $25.90 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $32.10 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial $32.36 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $52.08 ↓ -91%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $696.75 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $743.20 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $817.52 ↑ +47%

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Immunoglobulin assay at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $108.00 $12.32 – $144.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $69.60 $12.34 – $98.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $69.60 $12.34 – $98.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $144.00 $11.30 – $17.48
UPMC Hanover Hanover $69.60 $12.34 – $20.70
UPMC Kane Kane $116.40 $12.32 – $53.78
UPMC Lititz Lititz $69.60 $12.34 – $20.70
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $558.00 $11.66 – $25.90

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