Injection anesthetic agent(s) and/or steroid genicular nerve branches w/guidance (both sides) 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

$520.20

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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.

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$867.00

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.

$118.58 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,530.87 with UPMC Health Plan — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $118.58 ↓ -77%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $251.70 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $390.15 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $452.01 ↓ -13%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $476.85 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $476.85 ↓ -8%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $650.25 ↑ +25%
Humana Medicare $660.23 ↑ +27%
United Healthcare Medicare $660.23 ↑ +27%
Aetna of PA Medicare $660.23 ↑ +27%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $688.09 ↑ +32%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $689.41 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $693.60 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial $704.18 ↑ +35%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $712.98 ↑ +37%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $713.05 ↑ +37%
Cigna Medicare $713.05 ↑ +37%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $713.05 ↑ +37%
National Provider Network PPO $762.96 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare Commercial $882.00 ↑ +70%
Occunet Commercial $891.31 ↑ +71%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,530.87 ↑ +194%

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Injection anesthetic agent(s) and/or steroid genicular nerve branches w/guidance (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,420.80 $263.41 – $2,012.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $320.40 $81.96 – $427.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,420.80 $263.41 – $2,012.80
UPMC East Monroeville $1,439.40 $117.64 – $1,919.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,505.40 $251.70 – $713.05
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,420.80 $263.41 – $1,530.87
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $520.20 $226.70 – $713.05
UPMC Lititz Lititz $1,420.80 $263.41 – $1,530.87

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