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17-hydroxypregnenolone at UPMC Somerset

225 South Center Avenue, Somerset, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1912900168

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$49.20

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$82.00

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.

$22.55 with UPMC Work Partners vs $171.08 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 $22.55 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $22.58 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $22.81 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $22.81 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $22.81 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $23.27 ↓ -53%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $24.63 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $28.62 ↓ -42%
Geisinger Commercial $32.29 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $32.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $33.83 ↓ -31%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $34.69 ↓ -29%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $36.21 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $36.27 ↓ -26%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $40.47 ↓ -18%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $41.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $42.82 ↓ -13%
Geisinger Medicaid $43.84 ↓ -11%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $53.30 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $61.42 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $61.50 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $118.01 ↑ +140%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $171.08 ↑ +248%

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17-hydroxypregnenolone at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $168.60 $21.20 – $238.85
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $243.00 $19.01 – $364.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $307.20 $22.55 – $409.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $325.20 $20.69 – $460.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $302.40 $22.55 – $428.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $384.00 $19.69 – $544.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $372.00 $22.55 – $418.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $307.20 $22.55 – $409.60

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