Bilateral n block inj trigeminal 64400 at UPMC Altoona

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

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

$544.80

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.

$908.00

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.

$13.00 with Aetna vs $1,159.71 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.

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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
Aetna Medicaid $13.00 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $13.65 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $14.30 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid $18.07 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $19.28 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $19.60 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $20.29 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $22.15 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $134.92 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $287.00 ↓ -47%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $291.73 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Medicare $301.13 ↓ -45%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $303.94 ↓ -44%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $303.94 ↓ -44%
Cigna Medicare $303.94 ↓ -44%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $303.94 ↓ -44%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $334.58 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial $454.00 ↓ -17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $454.00 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Commercial $465.44 ↓ -15%
Aetna Commercial $481.24 ↓ -12%
Geisinger Commercial $499.40 ↓ -8%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $726.40 ↑ +33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,064.34 ↑ +95%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,159.71 ↑ +113%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Bilateral n block inj trigeminal 64400 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,543.20 $13.65 – $2,314.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $452.40 $16.51 – $1,016.56
UPMC Cole Coudersport $780.60 $13.65 – $134.92
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $452.40 $16.51 – $1,064.34
UPMC East Monroeville $1,401.60 $14.30 – $1,868.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,434.00 $14.30 – $409.31
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,232.00 $14.30 – $295.50
UPMC Hanover Hanover $452.40 $16.51 – $1,016.56

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