Mayo iodine 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

$47.40

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.

$79.00

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.

$16.92 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $129.30 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $16.92 ↓ -64%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $23.82 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare $24.11 ↓ -49%
Aetna of PA Medicare $24.11 ↓ -49%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $24.11 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare $24.11 ↓ -49%
Occunet Commercial $24.11 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $25.13 ↓ -47%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $25.18 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Commercial $25.23 ↓ -47%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $26.04 ↓ -45%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $26.04 ↓ -45%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $26.04 ↓ -45%
Cigna Medicare $26.04 ↓ -45%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $43.45 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $48.78 ↑ +3%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $59.25 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial $62.60 ↑ +32%
Humana Commercial $63.20 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $69.52 ↑ +47%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $79.70 ↑ +68%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $129.30 ↑ +173%

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Mayo iodine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $169.20 $23.82 – $225.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $108.00 $8.70 – $162.00
UPMC East Monroeville $370.80 $23.82 – $494.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $127.80 $23.82 – $47.94
UPMC Northwest Seneca $163.80 $21.87 – $26.04
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $183.60 $21.59 – $45.24
UPMC Kane Kane $291.60 $23.82 – $104.06
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $159.00 $22.56 – $48.39

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