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Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping at UPMC Somerset
225 South Center Avenue, Somerset, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1912900168
$418.20
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.
$697.00
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.
$12.21 with Geisinger vs $283.81 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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| Geisinger | Commercial | $12.21 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna of PA | TPA/Carrier | $12.40 | ↓ -97% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $13.36 | ↓ -97% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $15.50 | ↓ -96% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $15.50 | ↓ -96% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $18.54 | ↓ -96% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $20.15 | ↓ -95% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $20.44 | ↓ -95% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $21.33 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | Commercial | $23.25 | ↓ -94% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $23.84 | ↓ -94% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $25.82 | ↓ -94% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $88.06 | ↓ -79% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $169.99 | ↓ -59% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $242.77 | ↓ -42% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $283.81 | ↓ -32% |
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Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $598.20 | $20.44 – $897.30 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $480.00 | $20.44 – $640.00 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $1,435.80 | $20.44 – $2,031.50 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $590.40 | $19.34 – $836.40 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $817.80 | $20.44 – $1,158.55 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $580.80 | $20.44 – $653.40 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $480.00 | $20.44 – $640.00 |