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Rpl tun cvc wo subq port 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

$4,201.80

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.

$7,003.00

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.

$204.48 with UPMC Health Plan vs $5,633.03 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.

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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 $204.48 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $213.40 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $238.50 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid $258.37 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $705.60 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $774.79 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $892.40 ↓ -79%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,150.16 ↓ -73%
Geisinger Commercial $2,757.78 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $2,801.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,937.00 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $2,970.75 ↓ -29%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,000.76 ↓ -29%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $3,000.76 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,000.76 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,018.29 ↓ -28%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $3,060.78 ↓ -27%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,240.52 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $3,501.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $4,450.43 ↑ +6%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $4,551.95 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $5,252.25 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $5,633.03 ↑ +34%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Rpl tun cvc wo subq port at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $4,245.60 $204.48 – $6,014.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,587.20 $204.48 – $3,880.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $4,692.00 $204.48 – $6,647.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $5,031.60 $204.48 – $7,128.10
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,558.40 $204.48 – $3,624.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $2,739.00 $204.48 – $3,652.00

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