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Pr correction hallux valgus (bunionectomy) with sesamoidectomy when performed with first metatarsal and cuneiform joint arthrodesis any method at UPMC Somerset
225 South Center Avenue, Somerset, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1912900168
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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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.
$828.50 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $23,027.56 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 | $828.50 | — |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $892.40 | — |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $1,687.62 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $2,636.59 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $3,406.00 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $12,144.30 | — |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $12,266.97 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $12,266.97 | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $12,266.97 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $12,512.31 | — |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $13,247.10 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission | $18,193.14 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care | $23,027.56 | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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Pr correction hallux valgus (bunionectomy) with sesamoidectomy when performed with first metatarsal and cuneiform joint arthrodesis any method at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $1,059.00 | $86.58 – $1,687.62 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | not published | $844.93 – $13,493.67 |