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Cath baloon occl urnry 34f 7x2x65 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

$559.80

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.

$933.00

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.

$367.42 with Geisinger vs $3,182.37 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
Geisinger Commercial $367.42 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $373.20 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $402.12 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $461.83 ↓ -18%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $466.50 ↓ -17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $466.50 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid $513.15 ↓ -8%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $606.45 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $699.75 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,906.12 ↑ +241%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3,182.37 ↑ +468%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Cath baloon occl urnry 34f 7x2x65 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $15,264.00 $129.25 – $3,471.30
UPMC Northwest Seneca $358.80 $149.50 – $3,850.95
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $8,935.20 $207.25 – $4,618.01
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $20,352.00 $158.76 – $5,145.32
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,258.20 $145.25 – $3,904.99
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,581.40 $123.39 – $411.30

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