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Vaccine influenza quadrivalent (riv4) rdna antibiotic/preservative free im 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

$76.20

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.

$127.00

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.

$11.00 with UPMC Health Plan vs $285.71 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.

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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 $11.00 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $11.48 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $12.83 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Medicaid $13.90 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $29.07 ↓ -62%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $43.31 ↓ -43%
Geisinger Commercial $47.65 ↓ -37%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $48.40 ↓ -36%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $60.50 ↓ -21%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $60.50 ↓ -21%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $78.65 ↑ +3%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $85.18 ↑ +12%
Humana Commercial $90.75 ↑ +19%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $285.71 ↑ +275%

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Vaccine influenza quadrivalent (riv4) rdna antibiotic/preservative free im at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Muncy Muncy $54.00 $11.00 – $72.00
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $57.00 $11.00 – $76.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $54.00 $11.00 – $81.00
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $11.00 – $134.31
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $11.00 – $126.85
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh not published $11.00 – $126.85

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