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CT 3d report other modality w/workstation 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

$607.80

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.

$1,013.00

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.

$27.34 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $759.75 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $27.34 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $233.16 ↓ -62%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $282.47 ↓ -54%
Geisinger Commercial $398.92 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $405.20 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $436.60 ↓ -28%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $439.41 ↓ -28%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $506.50 ↓ -17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $506.50 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid $557.15 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $584.19 ↓ -4%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $658.45 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $759.75 ↑ +25%

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CT 3d report other modality w/workstation at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,146.80 $237.79 – $1,846.20
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,162.20 $235.55 – $1,743.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $697.20 $30.43 – $929.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $610.80 $254.50 – $865.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,972.80 $9.36 – $366.74
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,260.00 $237.79 – $1,785.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $843.20 $30.43 – $948.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $697.20 $30.43 – $929.60

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