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Ot therapeutic interventions cognitive skills direct patient contact initial 15 minutes 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

$114.60

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.

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.

$191.00

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.

$13.38 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $143.25 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $13.38 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $20.95 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $21.87 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $21.91 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $24.44 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicaid $26.48 ↓ -77%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $29.09 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $66.85 ↓ -42%
Geisinger Commercial $75.22 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $76.40 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $82.32 ↓ -28%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $85.95 ↓ -25%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $95.50 ↓ -17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $95.50 ↓ -17%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $124.15 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $143.25 ↑ +25%

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Ot therapeutic interventions cognitive skills direct patient contact initial 15 minutes at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $251.40 $13.51 – $377.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $101.40 $20.95 – $135.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $274.80 $20.95 – $389.30
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $257.40 $13.64 – $364.65
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $288.60 $13.64 – $408.85
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $302.40 $13.64 – $428.40
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $128.80 $20.95 – $144.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $106.20 $20.95 – $141.60

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