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Cath malecot 28fr 4-wing ltx 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

$2,099.40

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.

$3,499.00

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.

$7.48 with Geisinger vs $287.00 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 $7.48 ↓ -100%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $7.60 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare Commercial $8.19 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $9.50 ↓ -100%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $9.50 ↓ -100%
Geisinger Medicaid $10.45 ↓ -100%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $12.35 ↓ -99%
Humana Commercial $14.25 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $76.51 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $171.90 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $287.00 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Cath malecot 28fr 4-wing ltx at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $4,114.20 $2.50 – $226.63
UPMC Muncy Muncy $672.00 $2.10 – $12.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $655.20 $2.50 – $347.30
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,687.20 $2.50 – $416.47
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $16,155.60 $2.52 – $464.03
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,448.40 $2.50 – $352.17
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $812.80 $3.51 – $79.99
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,807.00 $3.51 – $28.80

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