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Hla class ii high defin qual 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

$1,812.00

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.

$3,020.00

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.

$127.70 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,305.35 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.

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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
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $127.70 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $133.14 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $138.95 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $139.20 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $155.29 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid $168.23 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $321.99 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $322.54 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $325.80 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $325.80 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare $325.80 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $332.32 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $351.83 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $483.19 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $611.59 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,053.98 ↓ -42%
Geisinger Commercial $1,189.28 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $1,208.00 ↓ -33%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,510.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,590.24 ↓ -12%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $1,963.00 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $2,265.00 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,305.35 ↑ +27%

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Hla class ii high defin qual at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $435.60 $130.23 – $582.25
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $411.60 $129.00 – $617.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $409.20 $133.14 – $579.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $585.00 $121.04 – $828.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $411.60 $130.23 – $583.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $507.00 $133.14 – $676.00

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