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Inj retro urethrocysto 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

$504.00

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.

$840.00

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.

$37.95 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,730.06 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $37.95 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $39.61 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $39.67 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $44.26 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid $47.95 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $142.23 ↓ -72%
Geisinger Commercial $330.79 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $336.00 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $362.04 ↓ -28%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $420.00 ↓ -17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $420.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $539.52 ↑ +7%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $546.00 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $630.00 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,036.25 ↑ +106%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,730.06 ↑ +243%

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Inj retro urethrocysto at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,236.20 $37.95 – $3,354.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $3,691.20 $37.95 – $4,921.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,582.00 $37.95 – $5,074.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,057.80 $37.95 – $5,748.55
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,981.40 $37.95 – $4,223.65
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $4,464.00 $37.95 – $5,022.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,691.20 $37.95 – $4,921.60

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