Interrog device eval heart 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

$243.00

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$405.00

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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.

$14.05 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $664.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $14.05 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare $35.55 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $35.55 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare $35.55 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $37.05 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $37.12 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $38.39 ↓ -84%
Cigna Medicare $38.39 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $38.39 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $38.39 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $40.08 ↓ -84%
Occunet Commercial $44.44 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $45.83 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicaid $47.08 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $54.16 ↓ -78%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $57.90 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $71.00 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $99.10 ↓ -59%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $99.87 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial $124.74 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $160.78 ↓ -34%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $303.75 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $324.00 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $356.40 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare Commercial $664.00 ↑ +173%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Interrog device eval heart at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $87.60 $40.47 – $116.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $247.20 $39.39 – $99.87
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $232.80 $33.27 – $99.87
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $220.20 $29.63 – $111.89
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $235.80 $33.04 – $116.13
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $595.80 $14.66 – $130.11
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $205.80 $30.69 – $99.87
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $234.00 $15.64 – $110.32

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