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Adenovirus ag ia 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

$24.00

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.

$40.00

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.

$8.41 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $95.09 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $8.41 ↓ -65%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.84 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $11.86 ↓ -51%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $11.98 ↓ -50%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $11.98 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare $11.98 ↓ -50%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $12.22 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12.94 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Commercial $13.96 ↓ -42%
Geisinger Commercial $15.75 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $16.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $17.77 ↓ -26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $20.00 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid $22.00 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $22.49 ↓ -6%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $26.00 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $30.00 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $31.04 ↑ +29%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $65.59 ↑ +173%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $95.09 ↑ +296%

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Adenovirus ag ia at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Northwest Seneca $187.80 $10.86 – $266.05
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $196.00 $9.36 – $220.50

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