CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (no contrast)

Facility: UPMC Hamot

Billing Code: 74176 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$284

about 1.2× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $215–$285

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$285

About the fair price

about $1 over the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $284 This hospital $285 Cash price $6,946 Hospital's list price $11,576

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How this hospital compares to other PA hospitals

Highest price of the 9 PA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $103 Priciest $285

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 PA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (no contrast) is about $284 (about 1.2× the $244 Medicare rate). UPMC Hamot charges insurers about $285, or about $6,946 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Erie, PA.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$194 - $693	80%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$202 - $5,788	83%
Aetnamajor	$202 - $8,103	83%
Cignamajor	$287 - $4,630	118%
AmeriHealth	$263 - $287	108%
Fidelis Care	$266	109%
Geisinger	$234	96%
HealthPartners	$254	104%
Independent Health	$346 - $461	142%
UPMC Health Plan	$185 - $1,340	76%
WellCare	$274	112%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$287 - $9,261

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 6,946), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 74176.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm UPMC Hamot is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 74176.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at UPMC Hamot

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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.