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Abdominal ultrasound at UPMC Altoona

620 Howard Avenue, Altoona, PA · UPMC · · NPI 112418570

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published unknown · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$607.20

Cash price

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,012.00

Gross charge

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$57.50 with Aetna vs $809.60 with Private Health Care Systems — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer

Payer Plan Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna Medicaid $57.50 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $60.38 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $63.25 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid $79.92 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $85.27 ↓ -86%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $86.71 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $89.76 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $97.99 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $134.50 ↓ -78%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $164.47 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $416.14 ↓ -31%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $453.42 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial $506.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $506.00 ↓ -17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $506.00 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Commercial $518.75 ↓ -15%
Aetna Commercial $536.36 ↓ -12%
Geisinger Commercial $556.60 ↓ -8%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $809.60 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Abdominal ultrasound at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett $658.20 $36.58 – $987.30

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