Urography, antegrade 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

$505.20

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.

$842.00

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.

$25.88 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $881.16 with Cigna — 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 $25.88 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $41.25 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicaid $42.38 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $48.75 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $52.12 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $63.91 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $78.88 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $145.32 ↓ -71%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $158.73 ↓ -69%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $235.76 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Commercial $313.00 ↓ -38%
Humana Medicare $340.48 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Medicare $340.48 ↓ -33%
Aetna of PA Medicare $340.48 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $354.85 ↓ -30%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $355.53 ↓ -30%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $367.68 ↓ -27%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $367.72 ↓ -27%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $367.72 ↓ -27%
Cigna Medicare $367.72 ↓ -27%
Occunet Commercial $425.60 ↓ -16%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $631.50 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $673.60 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $740.96 ↑ +47%
Cigna Commercial $881.16 ↑ +74%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Urography, antegrade at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $449.40 $22.50 – $599.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $896.40 $29.48 – $1,269.90
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $896.40 $29.48 – $1,269.90
UPMC Hamot Erie $501.00 $41.25 – $566.90
UPMC Hanover Hanover $896.40 $29.48 – $545.87
UPMC Lititz Lititz $896.40 $29.48 – $548.82
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1,825.20 $41.25 – $367.72
UPMC Memorial York $896.40 $29.48 – $547.92

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