Epidural/lumbar/sacral/ea add level64484 at UPMC Somerset
225 South Center Avenue, Somerset, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1912900168
$2,398.80
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.
$3,998.00
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.
$65.56 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,998.50 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.
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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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $65.56 | ↓ -97% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $68.42 | ↓ -97% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $68.54 | ↓ -97% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $76.47 | ↓ -97% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $82.84 | ↓ -97% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $372.01 | ↓ -84% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $379.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $580.26 | ↓ -76% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $1,574.41 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna of PA | TPA/Carrier | $1,599.20 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,723.14 | ↓ -28% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $1,999.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $1,999.00 | ↓ -17% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $2,220.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $2,598.70 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Commercial | $2,998.50 | ↑ +25% |
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Epidural/lumbar/sacral/ea add level64484 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $2,398.80 | $75.69 – $9,539.00 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $193.20 | $28.55 – $771.51 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $2,398.80 | $78.08 – $3,398.30 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $1,897.80 | $65.56 – $1,521.39 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $2,398.80 | $75.69 – $397.55 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $1,861.80 | $62.58 – $1,140.40 |
| UPMC Kane | Kane | $84.60 | $65.56 – $465.18 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $2,398.80 | $44.37 – $397.55 |