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Complx repair sal addl 5 cm/> 13122 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

$828.60

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.

$1,381.00

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.

$83.78 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $1,308.89 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $83.78 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $176.83 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $205.29 ↓ -75%
Geisinger Commercial $543.84 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $552.40 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $595.21 ↓ -28%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $690.50 ↓ -17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $690.50 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid $759.55 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $783.98 ↓ -5%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $897.65 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $1,035.75 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,308.89 ↑ +58%

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Complx repair sal addl 5 cm/> 13122 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $478.20 $176.83 – $677.45
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $378.00 $157.50 – $822.33
UPMC Muncy Muncy $825.60 $93.25 – $1,100.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,128.00 $176.83 – $1,598.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,247.40 $87.42 – $1,767.15
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $595.80 $176.83 – $844.05
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $998.40 $93.25 – $1,123.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $825.60 $93.25 – $1,100.80

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