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Igh@ var region somatic mutation analy 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

$1,702.80

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.

$2,838.00

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.

$291.08 with UPMC Work Partners vs $2,128.50 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.

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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 Work Partners Workers Comp $291.08 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $291.57 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $294.52 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $294.52 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare $294.52 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $300.41 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $315.19 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $318.05 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $352.69 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $368.08 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $368.72 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $411.37 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $436.80 ↓ -74%
Geisinger Medicaid $445.64 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $552.87 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Commercial $990.46 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,040.16 ↓ -39%
Geisinger Commercial $1,117.60 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $1,135.20 ↓ -33%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,419.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,507.91 ↓ -11%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $1,844.70 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $2,128.50 ↑ +25%

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Igh@ var region somatic mutation analy at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,296.20 $273.70 – $1,739.10
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,392.00 $245.51 – $2,088.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,283.40 $291.08 – $1,629.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,416.60 $267.10 – $1,739.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,090.40 $291.08 – $1,739.10
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,392.00 $254.29 – $1,972.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $2,004.60 $291.08 – $1,530.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $2,169.00 $291.08 – $1,653.60

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