Mastoids complete 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

$215.40

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.

$359.00

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.

$31.62 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $315.92 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $31.62 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $54.96 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $55.93 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $100.24 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $101.38 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $101.38 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $105.66 ↓ -51%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $105.86 ↓ -51%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $109.48 ↓ -49%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $109.49 ↓ -49%
Cigna Medicare $109.49 ↓ -49%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $109.49 ↓ -49%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $113.86 ↓ -47%
Occunet Commercial $126.72 ↓ -41%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $162.62 ↓ -25%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $197.45 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $197.45 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial $251.90 ↑ +17%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $269.25 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $287.20 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Commercial $313.00 ↑ +45%
National Provider Network PPO $315.92 ↑ +47%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Mastoids complete at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $483.60 $54.96 – $644.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $262.80 $36.02 – $372.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $248.40 $58.28 – $331.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $262.80 $36.02 – $372.30
UPMC Hamot Erie $418.20 $54.96 – $166.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $348.60 $45.15 – $113.86
UPMC Hanover Hanover $262.80 $36.02 – $162.62
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $250.80 $45.30 – $113.86

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