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St treatment speech individual 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

$459.00

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.

$765.00

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.

$23.87 with UPMC Health Plan vs $243.75 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $23.87 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $24.91 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $24.95 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $27.84 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid $30.16 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $63.20 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $81.81 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $112.40 ↓ -76%
Geisinger Commercial $127.98 ↓ -72%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $130.00 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Commercial $140.07 ↓ -69%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $162.50 ↓ -65%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $162.50 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $187.66 ↓ -59%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $211.25 ↓ -54%
Humana Commercial $243.75 ↓ -47%

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St treatment speech individual at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $190.20 $23.87 – $285.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $180.00 $23.87 – $240.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $173.40 $23.87 – $245.65
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $203.40 $23.87 – $288.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $235.80 $23.87 – $334.05
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $225.60 $23.87 – $319.60
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $217.60 $23.87 – $244.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $180.00 $23.87 – $240.00

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