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Mayo cyanide 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

$98.40

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.

$164.00

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.

$18.70 with UPMC Health Plan vs $145.60 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 $18.70 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $19.17 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $19.21 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $19.40 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $19.40 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare $19.40 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $19.52 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $19.55 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $19.79 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $20.95 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $21.81 ↓ -78%
Geisinger Medicaid $23.63 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $28.77 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $36.42 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $52.22 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Commercial $57.24 ↓ -42%
Geisinger Commercial $64.58 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $65.60 ↓ -33%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $82.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $100.44 ↑ +2%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $106.60 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $123.00 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $145.60 ↑ +48%

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Mayo cyanide at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $214.80 $18.03 – $304.30
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $205.20 $16.17 – $307.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $678.60 $17.00 – $156.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $204.00 $16.75 – $289.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $265.80 $18.70 – $354.40

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