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Canthotomy 67715 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

$3,228.00

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.

$5,380.00

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.

$246.51 with UPMC Work Partners vs $4,175.27 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $246.51 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $539.52 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $892.40 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,731.80 ↓ -46%
Geisinger Commercial $2,118.64 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $2,152.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $2,201.96 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,220.00 ↓ -31%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $2,224.20 ↓ -31%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,224.20 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Medicare $2,224.20 ↓ -31%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $2,268.68 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,318.78 ↓ -28%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,401.91 ↓ -26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $2,690.00 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid $2,959.00 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $3,298.71 ↑ +2%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $3,497.00 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $4,035.00 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $4,175.27 ↑ +29%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Canthotomy 67715 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,630.40 $330.44 – $3,945.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,352.80 $338.00 – $4,749.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,948.00 $330.44 – $5,593.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,355.20 $322.00 – $4,473.60

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