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Antibody lymphocytic choriomeningitis 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

$46.20

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.

$77.00

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.

$12.72 with UPMC Work Partners vs $64.12 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 $12.72 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $12.74 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $12.87 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $12.87 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicare $12.87 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $13.13 ↓ -72%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.90 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Commercial $16.75 ↓ -64%
Geisinger Commercial $18.90 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $19.09 ↓ -59%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $19.20 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $19.57 ↓ -58%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $20.42 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $20.46 ↓ -56%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $22.82 ↓ -51%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $24.00 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $24.16 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $24.64 ↓ -47%
Geisinger Medicaid $24.73 ↓ -46%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $31.20 ↓ -32%
Humana Commercial $36.00 ↓ -22%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $44.23 ↓ -4%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $64.12 ↑ +39%

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Antibody lymphocytic choriomeningitis at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $91.20 $11.96 – $129.20
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $66.00 $10.73 – $99.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $91.80 $12.72 – $122.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $146.40 $11.67 – $207.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $229.20 $12.72 – $126.65
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $118.20 $11.11 – $167.45
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $111.20 $12.72 – $125.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $91.80 $12.72 – $122.40

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