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Chest X-ray at UPMC Altoona
620 Howard Avenue, Altoona, PA · UPMC · · NPI 112418570
$172.80
Cash price
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$288.00
Gross charge
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$11.78 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $230.40 with Private Health Care Systems — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
| Payer | Plan | Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $11.78 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Medicaid | $14.85 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $15.59 | ↓ -91% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $16.34 | ↓ -91% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $20.64 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $22.02 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $22.39 | ↓ -87% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $23.18 | ↓ -87% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $23.73 | ↓ -86% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $25.31 | ↓ -85% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $135.02 | ↓ -22% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $144.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $144.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $144.00 | ↓ -17% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $147.11 | ↓ -15% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $147.63 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $152.64 | ↓ -12% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $158.40 | ↓ -8% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $230.40 | ↑ +33% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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Chest X-ray at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $115.80 | $24.82 – $173.70 |