Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycobacteria tuberculosis 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

$371.40

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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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$619.00

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.

$29.23 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $544.72 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

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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $29.23 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $41.19 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare $41.68 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $41.68 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $41.68 ↓ -89%
Occunet Commercial $41.68 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare $41.68 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $43.44 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $43.52 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $45.01 ↓ -88%
Cigna Medicare $45.01 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $45.01 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $45.01 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Commercial $49.04 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $91.74 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial $108.24 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $153.36 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $248.81 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $340.45 ↓ -8%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $464.25 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $495.20 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $544.72 ↑ +47%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycobacteria tuberculosis at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $480.60 $41.19 – $640.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $647.40 $15.04 – $971.10
UPMC East Monroeville $363.60 $41.19 – $484.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $423.60 $41.19 – $90.15
UPMC Northwest Seneca $306.60 $37.80 – $45.01
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $371.40 $37.32 – $78.21
UPMC Kane Kane $199.20 $41.19 – $183.22
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $334.80 $39.01 – $91.01

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