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Cath right hrt mnpul art 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

$1,847.40

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.

$3,079.00

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.

$125.95 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,309.25 with Humana — 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 Health Plan Managed Medicaid $125.95 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $131.45 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $131.68 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $146.90 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid $159.14 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $502.49 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $539.52 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,025.75 ↓ -44%
Geisinger Commercial $1,212.51 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $1,231.60 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,327.05 ↓ -28%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,539.50 ↓ -17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,539.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,712.54 ↓ -7%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $2,001.35 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $2,309.25 ↑ +25%

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Cath right hrt mnpul art at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,655.60 $125.95 – $3,762.10
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,270.40 $125.95 – $3,405.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,363.00 $125.95 – $4,764.25
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $358.20 $125.95 – $537.30

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