X-ray eye detection foreign body (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

$215.40

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$359.00

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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.

$17.22 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $315.92 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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $17.22 ↓ -92%
Aetna of PA Medicare $28.36 ↓ -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 $29.28 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $59.67 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $60.61 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicare $83.95 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare $83.95 ↓ -61%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $87.49 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $87.66 ↓ -59%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $90.66 ↓ -58%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $90.67 ↓ -58%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $90.67 ↓ -58%
Cigna Medicare $90.67 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $98.34 ↓ -54%
Occunet Commercial $104.94 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $197.45 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $197.45 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial $208.21 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $269.25 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $287.20 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Commercial $313.00 ↑ +45%
National Provider Network PPO $315.92 ↑ +47%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —

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X-ray eye detection foreign body (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $116.40 $28.77 – $155.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $100.20 $27.42 – $150.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $188.40 $15.00 – $419.44
UPMC Cole Coudersport $124.20 $29.42 – $165.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $188.40 $19.61 – $266.90
UPMC East Monroeville $436.20 $27.05 – $581.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $147.60 $19.46 – $118.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $126.60 $27.30 – $90.67

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