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X-ray abdomen 1 view at UPMC Somerset
225 South Center Avenue, Somerset, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1912900168
$188.40
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.
$314.00
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.
$10.82 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $236.99 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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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $10.82 | ↓ -94% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $15.84 | ↓ -92% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $23.25 | ↓ -88% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $24.27 | ↓ -87% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $27.12 | ↓ -86% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $29.38 | ↓ -84% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $33.79 | ↓ -82% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $83.11 | ↓ -56% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $83.95 | ↓ -55% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $83.95 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $83.95 | ↓ -55% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $85.63 | ↓ -55% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $90.66 | ↓ -52% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $100.42 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna of PA | TPA/Carrier | $102.00 | ↓ -46% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $109.91 | ↓ -42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission | $124.51 | ↓ -34% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $127.50 | ↓ -32% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care | $157.59 | ↓ -16% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $165.75 | ↓ -12% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $178.26 | ↓ -5% |
| Humana | Commercial | $191.25 | ↑ +2% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $236.99 | ↑ +26% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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X-ray abdomen 1 view at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $419.40 | $11.03 – $594.15 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $456.60 | $10.93 – $684.90 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $538.20 | $17.63 – $717.60 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $119.40 | $23.25 – $169.15 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $686.40 | $11.03 – $972.40 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $405.00 | $11.03 – $573.75 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $650.40 | $17.63 – $731.70 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $538.20 | $17.63 – $717.60 |