Warde hemoglobin fractionation/quantitation electrophoresis 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

$87.60

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.

$146.00

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.

$12.10 with UPMC Health Plan vs $128.48 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $12.10 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicaid $12.43 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $12.43 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $12.65 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $12.72 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $12.87 ↓ -85%
Occunet Commercial $12.87 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.87 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare $12.87 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare $12.87 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $13.41 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $13.44 ↓ -85%
Cigna Medicare $13.90 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.90 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $13.90 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $13.90 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Commercial $17.99 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $18.75 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $23.19 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial $33.44 ↓ -62%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $45.94 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $74.54 ↓ -15%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $109.50 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $116.80 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $128.48 ↑ +47%

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Warde hemoglobin fractionation/quantitation electrophoresis at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $112.80 $11.00 – $150.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $91.80 $11.00 – $130.05
UPMC Cole Coudersport $82.20 $8.37 – $109.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $91.80 $11.00 – $130.05
UPMC East Monroeville $98.40 $11.00 – $131.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $126.00 $11.00 – $22.79
UPMC Northwest Seneca $133.80 $11.67 – $13.90
UPMC Hanover Hanover $91.80 $11.00 – $20.59

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