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Impl neurostim electr perc 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

$12,736.80

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.

$21,228.00

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.

$410.25 with UPMC Health Plan vs $15,921.00 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 Health Plan Managed Medicaid $410.25 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $428.15 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $478.49 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid $518.36 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $722.42 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $892.40 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,545.57 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,317.11 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,937.00 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $6,194.37 ↓ -51%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $6,256.94 ↓ -51%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $6,256.94 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Medicare $6,256.94 ↓ -51%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $6,382.08 ↓ -50%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $6,756.87 ↓ -47%
Geisinger Commercial $8,359.59 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $8,491.20 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $9,149.27 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $9,279.67 ↓ -27%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $10,614.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $11,745.53 ↓ -8%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $13,798.20 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $15,921.00 ↑ +25%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Impl neurostim electr perc at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $6,504.60 $410.25 – $9,214.85
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $6,471.60 $410.25 – $9,707.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $4,795.80 $410.25 – $6,794.05
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $6,688.20 $410.25 – $9,474.95
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $6,302.40 $410.25 – $8,928.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $4,750.20 $410.25 – $6,333.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy not published $410.25 – $1,991.43

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