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Aep neurodiagnostic i&r 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

$583.80

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.

$973.00

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.

$62.36 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $729.75 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
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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
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $62.36 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $74.26 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $77.50 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $77.64 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $86.62 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid $93.83 ↓ -84%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $97.73 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $293.91 ↓ -50%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $296.88 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $296.88 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare $296.88 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $302.82 ↓ -48%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $320.60 ↓ -45%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $340.55 ↓ -42%
Geisinger Commercial $383.17 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $389.20 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $419.36 ↓ -28%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $437.85 ↓ -25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $440.30 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $486.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $557.30 ↓ -5%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $632.45 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $729.75 ↑ +25%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Aep neurodiagnostic i&r at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $519.60 $62.99 – $779.40
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $407.40 $63.59 – $577.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,593.60 $63.59 – $2,257.60
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,635.60 $63.59 – $2,317.10
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $295.20 $66.42 – $332.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $243.60 $74.26 – $324.80

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