Infectious agent nucleic acid amp probe mycobacterium tuberculosis rifampin resistance 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

$147.00

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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.

$245.00

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.

$74.61 with UPMC Work Partners vs $215.60 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 $74.61 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial $75.46 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Commercial $76.77 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare $76.77 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare $76.77 ↓ -48%
Occunet Commercial $76.77 ↓ -48%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $76.77 ↓ -48%
Aetna of PA Medicare $76.77 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $80.01 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $80.16 ↓ -45%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $82.90 ↓ -44%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $82.91 ↓ -44%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $82.91 ↓ -44%
Cigna Medicare $82.91 ↓ -44%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $85.75 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $110.25 ↓ -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 $121.28 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $134.75 ↓ -8%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $183.75 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $196.00 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $215.60 ↑ +47%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amp probe mycobacterium tuberculosis rifampin resistance at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $145.80 $27.01 – $194.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $468.60 $27.70 – $220.50
UPMC East Monroeville $147.00 $47.40 – $196.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $147.00 $74.61 – $82.91
UPMC Northwest Seneca $147.00 $69.62 – $82.91
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $147.00 $43.67 – $82.91
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $304.80 $43.34 – $84.45
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $147.00 $27.27 – $84.45

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