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Myocrd img pet mlt rst&strs 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

$5,639.40

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.

$9,399.00

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.

$1,314.51 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $7,049.25 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,314.51 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $1,334.20 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,376.68 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,390.59 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,390.59 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,390.59 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1,392.42 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $1,418.40 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,501.70 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $1,520.69 ↓ -73%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1,556.16 ↓ -72%
Geisinger Medicaid $1,685.82 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,693.01 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $2,062.38 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,250.86 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $2,610.42 ↓ -54%
Geisinger Commercial $3,701.33 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $3,759.60 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,173.00 ↓ -26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $4,699.50 ↓ -17%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $6,109.35 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $7,049.25 ↑ +25%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Myocrd img pet mlt rst&strs at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $12,640.80 $1,334.20 – $17,907.80

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