Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 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

$406.80

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.

$678.00

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.

$84.10 with UPMC Work Partners vs $653.41 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 $84.10 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare $85.10 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare $85.10 ↓ -79%
Occunet Commercial $85.10 ↓ -79%
Aetna of PA Medicare $85.10 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $85.10 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $88.69 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $88.86 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $91.90 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $91.91 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $91.91 ↓ -77%
Cigna Medicare $91.91 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Commercial $118.89 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $127.70 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicaid $131.18 ↓ -68%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $131.22 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $133.50 ↓ -67%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $197.84 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial $221.01 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $229.85 ↓ -43%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $402.74 ↓ -1%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $508.50 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $542.40 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $596.64 ↑ +47%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $653.41 ↑ +61%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $607.80 $84.10 – $810.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $516.60 $30.70 – $774.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $474.60 $52.00 – $672.35
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $474.60 $84.25 – $672.35
UPMC East Monroeville $1,743.00 $84.10 – $2,324.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $582.60 $84.10 – $225.86
UPMC Northwest Seneca $754.20 $77.18 – $133.50
UPMC Hanover Hanover $474.60 $52.00 – $158.11

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