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Warde immunofixation electrophoresis urine at UPMC Somerset
225 South Center Avenue, Somerset, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1912900168
$163.80
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.
$273.00
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.
$17.02 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $135.00 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.
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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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $17.02 | ↓ -90% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $27.47 | ↓ -83% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $29.01 | ↓ -82% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $29.06 | ↓ -82% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $29.35 | ↓ -82% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $29.35 | ↓ -82% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $29.35 | ↓ -82% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $29.94 | ↓ -82% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $31.70 | ↓ -81% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $36.08 | ↓ -78% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $37.65 | ↓ -77% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $37.72 | ↓ -77% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $39.82 | ↓ -76% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $42.08 | ↓ -74% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission | $43.53 | ↓ -73% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $45.59 | ↓ -72% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care | $55.10 | ↓ -66% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $62.82 | ↓ -62% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $70.88 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna of PA | TPA/Carrier | $72.00 | ↓ -56% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $90.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $117.00 | ↓ -29% |
| Humana | Commercial | $135.00 | ↓ -18% |
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Warde immunofixation electrophoresis urine at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $359.40 | $11.05 – $509.15 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $241.20 | $10.98 – $361.80 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $230.40 | $29.01 – $307.20 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $241.20 | $11.05 – $341.70 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $1,717.20 | $11.66 – $2,432.70 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $349.80 | $11.08 – $495.55 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $279.20 | $29.01 – $314.10 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $230.40 | $29.01 – $307.20 |