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Warde infectious agent nucleic acid genotype hepatitis c 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

$1,431.00

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.

$2,385.00

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.

$180.60 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $1,788.75 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $180.60 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $254.45 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $254.88 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $257.45 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $257.45 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare $257.45 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $262.60 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $278.02 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $381.82 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $483.29 ↓ -66%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $510.44 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $676.46 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $739.98 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Commercial $832.37 ↓ -42%
Geisinger Commercial $939.21 ↓ -34%
Aetna of PA TPA/Carrier $954.00 ↓ -33%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,192.50 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid $1,311.75 ↓ -8%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $1,550.25 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial $1,788.75 ↑ +25%

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Warde infectious agent nucleic acid genotype hepatitis c at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,667.00 $204.16 – $4,000.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,579.80 $201.01 – $2,106.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,321.40 $205.45 – $3,288.65
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,834.20 $205.36 – $2,598.45
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,624.80 $188.45 – $2,301.80
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,928.40 $205.86 – $2,731.90
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,911.20 $101.88 – $509.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,579.80 $201.01 – $2,106.40

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