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Sm-153 lexidron ther at UPMC Somerset
225 South Center Avenue, Somerset, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1912900168
$5,947.80
Cash price 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.
$9,913.00
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.
$3,903.74 with Geisinger vs $26,474.45 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.
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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| Geisinger | Commercial | $3,903.74 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna of PA | TPA/Carrier | $3,965.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $4,271.76 | ↓ -28% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $4,314.91 | ↓ -27% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $4,314.91 | ↓ -27% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $4,314.91 | ↓ -27% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $4,401.21 | ↓ -26% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $4,659.67 | ↓ -22% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $4,956.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $5,452.15 | ↓ -8% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission | $6,399.44 | ↑ +8% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $6,443.45 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Commercial | $7,434.75 | ↑ +25% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care | $8,099.95 | ↑ +36% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $10,514.42 | ↑ +77% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $15,857.25 | ↑ +167% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $26,474.45 | ↑ +345% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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Sm-153 lexidron ther at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $12,410.40 | $3,102.60 – $18,615.60 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $31,245.00 | $4,660.10 – $44,263.75 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $15,008.80 | $3,376.98 – $16,884.90 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | not published | $2,493.56 – $10,621.85 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | not published | $3,575.00 – $7,596.88 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | not published | $2,252.25 – $10,723.00 |