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Transferrin at UPMC Somerset
225 South Center Avenue, Somerset, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1912900168
$64.80
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.
$108.00
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.
$12.62 with UPMC Work Partners vs $80.14 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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| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $12.62 | ↓ -81% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $12.63 | ↓ -81% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $12.76 | ↓ -80% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $12.76 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $12.76 | ↓ -80% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $13.02 | ↓ -80% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $13.78 | ↓ -79% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $18.70 | ↓ -71% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission | $18.92 | ↓ -71% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $19.52 | ↓ -70% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $19.55 | ↓ -70% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $21.81 | ↓ -66% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $23.63 | ↓ -64% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care | $23.95 | ↓ -63% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $25.15 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $34.20 | ↓ -47% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $38.59 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna of PA | TPA/Carrier | $39.20 | ↓ -40% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $49.00 | ↓ -24% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $55.28 | ↓ -15% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $63.70 | ↓ -2% |
| Humana | Commercial | $73.50 | ↑ +13% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $80.14 | ↑ +24% |
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Transferrin at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $438.00 | $11.86 – $620.50 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $99.00 | $10.64 – $148.50 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $108.00 | $12.62 – $144.00 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $56.40 | $11.57 – $79.90 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $222.60 | $12.62 – $315.35 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $108.60 | $11.02 – $153.85 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $130.40 | $12.62 – $146.70 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $108.00 | $12.62 – $144.00 |