Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex 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

$102.60

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.

$171.00

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.

$25.77 with UPMC Work Partners vs $150.48 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $25.77 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare $26.07 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Medicare $26.07 ↓ -75%
Occunet Commercial $26.07 ↓ -75%
Aetna of PA Medicare $26.07 ↓ -75%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $26.07 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $27.17 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $27.22 ↓ -73%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $28.15 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $28.16 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $28.16 ↓ -73%
Cigna Medicare $28.16 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Commercial $36.42 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $39.62 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicaid $40.70 ↓ -60%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $40.71 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $41.42 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $51.26 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $61.39 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial $67.72 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $82.56 ↓ -20%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $128.25 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $133.95 ↑ +31%
Humana Commercial $136.80 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $150.48 ↑ +47%

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Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $274.20 $25.77 – $365.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $127.20 $9.41 – $190.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $145.20 $25.81 – $205.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $175.80 $16.95 – $234.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $145.20 $25.81 – $205.70
UPMC East Monroeville $388.80 $25.77 – $518.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $147.60 $25.77 – $50.37
UPMC Northwest Seneca $129.60 $23.64 – $41.42

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