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Ctrl nosebld postir subsq 30906 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

$1,852.80

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.

$3,088.00

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.

$87.45 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,316.00 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 $87.45 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $91.27 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $102.00 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid $110.50 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $219.18 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $221.39 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $221.39 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare $221.39 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $225.82 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $239.08 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $328.34 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $415.59 ↓ -78%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $425.39 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $539.52 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $892.40 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,026.42 ↓ -45%
Geisinger Commercial $1,216.05 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $1,235.20 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,330.93 ↓ -28%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,544.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,713.66 ↓ -8%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $2,007.20 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $2,316.00 ↑ +25%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Ctrl nosebld postir subsq 30906 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,857.80 $87.45 – $4,048.55
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,487.00 $87.45 – $3,730.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $3,691.20 $87.45 – $4,921.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,772.80 $87.45 – $5,344.80
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,574.60 $87.45 – $3,647.35
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,691.20 $87.45 – $4,921.60

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