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Ghs somatosensory testing upper & lower limbs 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

$1,077.00

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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.

$1,795.00

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.

$212.05 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $1,346.25 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $212.05 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $240.33 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $246.67 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $250.82 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $280.31 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $290.59 ↓ -73%
Geisinger Medicaid $303.67 ↓ -72%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $402.64 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $411.82 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $500.80 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $505.86 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $505.86 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $505.86 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $515.98 ↓ -52%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $546.28 ↓ -49%
Geisinger Commercial $706.87 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $718.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $750.24 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Commercial $773.64 ↓ -28%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $897.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $949.60 ↓ -12%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $1,166.75 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $1,346.25 ↑ +25%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Ghs somatosensory testing upper & lower limbs at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $764.40 $240.33 – $1,146.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $687.00 $171.75 – $916.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,858.80 $240.33 – $2,633.30
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $855.60 $240.33 – $1,212.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,048.20 $221.27 – $1,484.95
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $783.60 $240.33 – $1,110.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $687.00 $236.02 – $916.00

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