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Surgical pathology level 4 gross & microscopic examination at UPMC Somerset
225 South Center Avenue, Somerset, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1912900168
$116.40
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.
$194.00
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.
$10.35 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $156.82 with UPMC Work Partners — 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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| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $10.35 | ↓ -91% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $32.77 | ↓ -72% |
| CBHNP | Commercial | $34.00 | ↓ -71% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $37.40 | ↓ -68% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $39.03 | ↓ -66% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $43.62 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $46.77 | ↓ -60% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $47.26 | ↓ -59% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $50.43 | ↓ -57% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $50.94 | ↓ -56% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $50.94 | ↓ -56% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $50.94 | ↓ -56% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $51.96 | ↓ -55% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $52.77 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna of PA | TPA/Carrier | $53.60 | ↓ -54% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $55.01 | ↓ -53% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $67.00 | ↓ -42% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $69.07 | ↓ -41% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission | $75.55 | ↓ -35% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $87.10 | ↓ -25% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care | $95.62 | ↓ -18% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $100.13 | ↓ -14% |
| Humana | Commercial | $100.50 | ↓ -14% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $156.82 | ↑ +35% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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Surgical pathology level 4 gross & microscopic examination at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $415.80 | $27.62 – $623.70 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $250.20 | $11.52 – $333.60 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $169.20 | $27.80 – $239.70 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $345.00 | $27.79 – $460.70 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $826.20 | $10.80 – $1,170.45 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $757.20 | $27.86 – $1,072.70 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $302.40 | $11.52 – $340.20 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $250.20 | $11.52 – $333.60 |