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Insertion catheter bladder non indwelling 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

$558.60

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$931.00

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.

$28.00 with UPMC Health Plan vs $698.25 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $28.00 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $29.22 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $29.27 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $32.65 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid $35.37 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $107.25 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $121.66 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $122.89 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $122.89 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare $122.89 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $125.35 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $132.71 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $138.04 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $147.58 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $182.26 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $230.69 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $246.40 ↓ -56%
Geisinger Commercial $366.63 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $372.40 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $401.26 ↓ -28%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $465.50 ↓ -17%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $605.15 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $698.25 ↑ +25%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Insertion catheter bladder non indwelling at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $309.00 $28.00 – $437.75
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $544.20 $28.00 – $816.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $247.20 $28.00 – $329.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $297.00 $28.00 – $420.75
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $609.00 $28.00 – $862.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $400.80 $28.00 – $567.80
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $298.40 $9.00 – $107.25
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $247.20 $28.00 – $116.80

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