Warde 1015200 kappa light chain free 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

$76.20

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.

$127.00

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.

$7.45 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $111.76 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 $7.45 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $15.20 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicaid $15.62 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $15.62 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $15.89 ↓ -79%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $17.07 ↓ -78%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $17.27 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare $17.27 ↓ -77%
Occunet Commercial $17.27 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Commercial $17.27 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare $17.27 ↓ -77%
Aetna of PA Medicare $17.27 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $18.00 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $18.03 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $18.65 ↓ -76%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18.65 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $18.65 ↓ -76%
Cigna Medicare $18.65 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $23.55 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial $44.87 ↓ -41%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $45.01 ↓ -41%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $73.02 ↓ -4%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $95.25 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $101.60 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $111.76 ↑ +47%

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Warde 1015200 kappa light chain free at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $67.80 $7.32 – $90.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $58.80 $6.23 – $88.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $68.40 $13.82 – $96.90
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $68.40 $13.82 – $96.90
UPMC East Monroeville $202.80 $7.39 – $270.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $198.00 $7.32 – $19.21
UPMC Northwest Seneca $96.60 $15.20 – $18.65
UPMC Hanover Hanover $68.40 $13.82 – $27.63

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