X-ray arthrogram shoulder supervision & interpretation (both sides) 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

$607.20

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$1,012.00

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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.

$18.98 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $890.56 with National Provider Network — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $18.98 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $125.70 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $244.45 ↓ -60%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $253.99 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Commercial $313.00 ↓ -48%
Aetna of PA Medicare $340.48 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Medicare $340.48 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicare $340.48 ↓ -44%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $354.85 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $355.53 ↓ -41%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $367.68 ↓ -39%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $367.72 ↓ -39%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $367.72 ↓ -39%
Cigna Medicare $367.72 ↓ -39%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $396.59 ↓ -35%
Occunet Commercial $425.60 ↓ -30%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $556.60 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $556.60 ↓ -8%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $759.00 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $809.60 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial $881.16 ↑ +45%
National Provider Network PPO $890.56 ↑ +47%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —

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X-ray arthrogram shoulder supervision & interpretation (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $358.20 $123.52 – $477.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $441.60 $110.60 – $662.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $814.20 $21.61 – $2,006.79
UPMC Cole Coudersport $291.60 $121.17 – $388.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $814.20 $21.61 – $1,153.45
UPMC Hamot Erie $913.20 $123.52 – $566.90
UPMC Northwest Seneca $782.40 $110.11 – $367.72
UPMC Hanover Hanover $814.20 $21.61 – $2,006.79

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