Interrogate subq defib 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

$100.20

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.

$167.00

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.

$16.49 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $146.96 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $16.49 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $24.55 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $34.10 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare $35.55 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare $35.55 ↓ -65%
Aetna of PA Medicare $35.55 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $37.05 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $37.12 ↓ -63%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $38.39 ↓ -62%
Cigna Medicare $38.39 ↓ -62%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $38.39 ↓ -62%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $38.39 ↓ -62%
Occunet Commercial $44.44 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial $51.44 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $55.33 ↓ -45%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $80.12 ↓ -20%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $91.85 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $91.85 ↓ -8%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $125.25 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $133.60 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $146.96 ↑ +47%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Interrogate subq defib at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Hamot Erie $199.20 $16.21 – $80.12
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $96.00 $16.36 – $80.12
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $96.60 $16.36 – $93.16
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $226.20 $16.36 – $102.93
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $117.00 $27.33 – $88.50
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital Ephrata $765.60 $27.97 – $63.02
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $49.50 $26.25 – $75.13

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