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Repair lip full thkns >one-half vert height/cmplx 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

$2,046.00

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.

$3,410.00

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.

$405.09 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,655.02 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.

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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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $405.09 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $422.76 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $472.48 ↓ -77%
Geisinger Medicaid $511.84 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $828.50 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $892.40 ↓ -56%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,140.55 ↓ -44%
Geisinger Commercial $1,342.86 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $1,364.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,398.10 ↓ -32%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,412.22 ↓ -31%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,412.22 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,412.22 ↓ -31%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $1,440.46 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,469.71 ↓ -28%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,525.06 ↓ -25%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,590.26 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,705.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $2,094.46 ↑ +2%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $2,216.50 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $2,557.50 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $2,651.02 ↑ +30%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,655.02 ↑ +30%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Repair lip full thkns >one-half vert height/cmplx at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,486.60 $405.09 – $5,229.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $6,063.00 $405.09 – $8,589.25
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,487.80 $405.09 – $4,650.40

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