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Cap trach decann 15mm 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

$1,737.00

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.

$2,895.00

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.

$51.80 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $3,673.43 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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $51.80 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid $85.47 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Commercial $101.99 ↓ -94%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $103.60 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $129.50 ↓ -93%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $129.50 ↓ -93%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $168.35 ↓ -90%
Humana Commercial $194.25 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $332.93 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,200.25 ↑ +27%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3,673.43 ↑ +111%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Cap trach decann 15mm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,833.60 $190.80 – $2,900.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $931.80 $99.90 – $599.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,444.80 $179.00 – $4,445.18
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,708.20 $131.25 – $5,330.61
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $9,624.00 $50.88 – $5,939.28
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,363.20 $159.00 – $4,507.56
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,127.20 $83.16 – $415.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,842.60 $141.80 – $600.30

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