Prgrmg eval implantable dfb 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

$294.00

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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.

$490.00

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.

$16.71 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $664.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $16.71 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare $35.55 ↓ -88%
Aetna of PA Medicare $35.55 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare $35.55 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $37.05 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $37.12 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $38.39 ↓ -87%
Cigna Medicare $38.39 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $38.39 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $38.39 ↓ -87%
Occunet Commercial $44.44 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $48.39 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $57.57 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicaid $59.14 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $68.05 ↓ -77%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $72.75 ↓ -75%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $89.20 ↓ -70%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $131.06 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $150.87 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial $150.92 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $244.78 ↓ -17%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $367.50 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $392.00 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $431.20 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare Commercial $664.00 ↑ +126%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Prgrmg eval implantable dfb at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $402.60 $14.53 – $536.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $183.00 $54.96 – $244.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $508.80 $41.03 – $131.06
UPMC Northwest Seneca $360.60 $32.24 – $131.06
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $281.40 $33.27 – $131.06
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $183.60 $29.63 – $146.85
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $265.20 $33.04 – $152.39
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $649.80 $17.44 – $170.76

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