Off/op consltj new/est hi 55 at UPMC Somerset
225 South Center Avenue, Somerset, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1912900168
$659.40
Cash price 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.
$1,099.00
Gross charge 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.
$26.11 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $425.60 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $26.11 | ↓ -96% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $163.27 | ↓ -75% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $214.23 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna of PA | TPA/Carrier | $217.60 | ↓ -67% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $254.92 | ↓ -61% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $272.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $272.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $299.20 | ↓ -55% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $348.71 | ↓ -47% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $353.60 | ↓ -46% |
| Humana | Commercial | $408.00 | ↓ -38% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $425.60 | ↓ -35% |
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Off/op consltj new/est hi 55 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $655.20 | $168.00 – $488.80 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $659.40 | $108.80 – $753.18 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $1,018.80 | $142.11 – $406.72 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $3,681.60 | $142.11 – $448.53 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $333.00 | $181.72 – $348.71 |