#pnh-flow cytometry interp 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

$786.60

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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.

$1,311.00

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.

$14.84 with United Healthcare vs $1,153.68 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

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 Commercial $14.84 ↓ -98%
Aetna of PA Medicare $28.58 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $59.38 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicaid $61.00 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $61.01 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $62.08 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $75.03 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial $89.29 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $91.99 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $100.76 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $123.43 ↓ -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 $127.63 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $163.46 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $655.50 ↓ -17%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $983.25 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $1,048.80 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $1,153.68 ↑ +47%

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#pnh-flow cytometry interp at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $656.40 $53.98 – $833.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $165.60 $37.81 – $234.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $165.60 $53.98 – $501.36
UPMC East Monroeville $507.00 $44.97 – $676.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $723.00 $23.43 – $125.41
UPMC Northwest Seneca $837.60 $45.38 – $325.50
UPMC Hanover Hanover $165.60 $53.98 – $129.17
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $514.80 $45.53 – $202.79

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