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Radphm lcl tmr plnr bdy sgl day img 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

$4,242.60

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.

$7,071.00

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.

$80.50 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $5,303.25 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 $80.50 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $120.98 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $126.26 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $141.10 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid $152.86 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $304.56 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $690.14 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $724.73 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $963.54 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,232.17 ↓ -71%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,244.62 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,244.62 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,244.62 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $1,269.51 ↓ -70%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,344.07 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,845.90 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $2,336.40 ↓ -45%
Geisinger Commercial $2,784.56 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $2,828.40 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,047.60 ↓ -28%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $3,535.50 ↓ -17%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $4,596.15 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $5,303.25 ↑ +25%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Radphm lcl tmr plnr bdy sgl day img at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,646.00 $120.98 – $3,748.50
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,076.80 $120.98 – $4,615.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,360.80 $89.60 – $1,814.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,936.80 $120.98 – $2,743.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $8,832.60 $84.00 – $12,512.85
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,575.20 $120.98 – $3,648.20
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,645.60 $89.60 – $1,851.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,360.80 $89.60 – $1,814.40

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