Pressure max expiratory/inspiratory 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

$254.40

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.

$424.00

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.

$7.17 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $309.76 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 $7.17 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $17.88 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $29.01 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicaid $60.00 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $102.02 ↓ -60%
Cigna Commercial $108.42 ↓ -57%
Aetna of PA Medicare $127.20 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $129.54 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare $149.17 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Medicare $149.17 ↓ -41%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $155.46 ↓ -39%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $155.76 ↓ -39%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $161.09 ↓ -37%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $161.10 ↓ -37%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $161.10 ↓ -37%
Cigna Medicare $161.10 ↓ -37%
Occunet Commercial $186.46 ↓ -27%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $193.60 ↓ -24%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $193.60 ↓ -24%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $264.00 ↑ +4%
Humana Commercial $281.60 ↑ +11%
National Provider Network PPO $309.76 ↑ +22%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Pressure max expiratory/inspiratory at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $148.80 $7.04 – $161.10
UPMC Bedford Everett $225.00 $19.54 – $161.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $279.00 $29.01 – $355.30
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $279.00 $29.01 – $355.30
UPMC East Monroeville $166.20 $7.11 – $161.10
UPMC Northwest Seneca $154.80 $18.28 – $161.10
UPMC Hanover Hanover $279.00 $29.01 – $239.15
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $254.40 $17.09 – $161.10

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