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Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code 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

$3,637.20

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$6,062.00

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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.

$190.99 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,546.50 with Humana — 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

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 $190.99 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $199.33 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $222.77 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid $241.33 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $605.82 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $892.40 ↓ -75%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,165.55 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,396.72 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,529.25 ↓ -58%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,544.70 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,544.70 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,544.70 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $1,575.59 ↓ -57%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,668.12 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $2,290.94 ↓ -37%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,331.90 ↓ -36%
Geisinger Commercial $2,387.22 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $2,424.80 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,612.72 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $2,899.71 ↓ -20%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $3,031.00 ↓ -17%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $3,940.30 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $4,546.50 ↑ +25%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $7,719.00 $190.99 – $10,935.25
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $7,281.60 $190.99 – $10,922.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $5,568.60 $190.99 – $7,424.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $7,281.60 $190.99 – $10,315.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $9,792.60 $190.99 – $13,872.85
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $7,281.60 $190.99 – $10,315.60
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $5,596.80 $190.99 – $6,296.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $4,627.80 $190.99 – $6,170.40

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