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Ghs inj neurolytic other perph nerve 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

$1,231.20

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.

$2,052.00

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.

$80.85 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,593.33 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $80.85 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $84.38 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $94.30 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid $102.16 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $202.40 ↓ -84%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $253.09 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $380.70 ↓ -69%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $635.60 ↓ -48%
Geisinger Commercial $808.08 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $820.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $840.29 ↓ -32%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $848.78 ↓ -31%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $848.78 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Medicare $848.78 ↓ -31%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $865.76 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Commercial $884.41 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $892.40 ↓ -28%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $916.60 ↓ -26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,026.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,258.83 ↑ +2%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $1,333.80 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $1,539.00 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,593.33 ↑ +29%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Ghs inj neurolytic other perph nerve at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $817.80 $80.85 – $1,158.55
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $680.40 $80.85 – $1,020.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,343.40 $80.85 – $1,903.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,108.20 $80.85 – $1,569.95
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,047.00 $80.85 – $1,483.25
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,332.00 $80.85 – $1,776.00

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