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Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at UPMC Somerset
225 South Center Avenue, Somerset, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1912900168
$2,908.20
Cash price 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.
$4,847.00
Gross charge 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.
$614.63 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $4,602.81 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $614.63 | ↓ -79% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $618.25 | ↓ -79% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $892.40 | ↓ -69% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $1,843.11 | ↓ -37% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $1,861.73 | ↓ -36% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $1,861.73 | ↓ -36% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $1,861.73 | ↓ -36% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $1,898.96 | ↓ -35% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $1,908.75 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna of PA | TPA/Carrier | $1,938.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $2,010.48 | ↓ -31% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,089.06 | ↓ -28% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $2,423.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $2,665.85 | ↓ -8% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $2,756.92 | ↓ -5% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission | $2,761.13 | ↓ -5% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $3,150.55 | ↑ +8% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care | $3,494.84 | ↑ +20% |
| Humana | Commercial | $3,635.25 | ↑ +25% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $4,602.81 | ↑ +58% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $4,192.80 | $618.25 – $5,939.80 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $7,348.20 | $197.27 – $11,022.30 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $4,350.00 | $618.25 – $6,162.50 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $4,494.60 | $626.83 – $6,367.35 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $2,615.40 | $618.25 – $3,705.15 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $3,434.40 | $618.25 – $4,579.20 |