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Prq card revasc mi 1 vsl drug-eluting 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

$15,411.00

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.

$25,685.00

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.

$2,121.19 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $19,263.75 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 $2,121.19 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $8,989.75 ↓ -42%
Geisinger Commercial $10,114.75 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $10,274.00 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $11,070.24 ↓ -28%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $11,558.25 ↓ -25%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12,842.50 ↓ -17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $12,842.50 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid $14,126.75 ↓ -8%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $16,695.25 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $19,263.75 ↑ +25%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Prq card revasc mi 1 vsl drug-eluting at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $11,088.60 $2,142.86 – $16,632.90
UPMC Northwest Seneca $14,003.40 $5,561.55 – $19,838.15
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $18,556.80 $2,163.27 – $26,288.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $23,282.40 $2,163.27 – $32,983.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $12,955.20 $5,829.84 – $19,432.80

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