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Warde cadmium blood 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

$119.40

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.

$199.00

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.

$20.90 with UPMC Health Plan vs $149.25 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 $20.90 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $21.81 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $21.85 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $23.36 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $23.40 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $23.64 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $23.64 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare $23.64 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $24.11 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $24.38 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $25.53 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicaid $26.41 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $35.06 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $36.05 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $44.38 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Commercial $69.45 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $77.68 ↓ -35%
Geisinger Commercial $78.37 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $79.60 ↓ -33%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $99.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $112.62 ↓ -6%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $129.35 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $149.25 ↑ +25%

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Warde cadmium blood at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $99.00 $20.90 – $140.25
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $111.60 $19.71 – $167.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $247.20 $20.90 – $329.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $124.20 $20.90 – $175.95
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $192.00 $19.00 – $148.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $212.40 $20.41 – $300.90
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $298.40 $19.00 – $335.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $247.20 $20.90 – $329.60

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