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Cholesterol (lipid) test at UPMC Altoona
620 Howard Avenue, Altoona, PA · UPMC · · NPI 112418570
$143.40
Cash price
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$239.00
Gross charge
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$13.24 with UPMC Work Partners vs $191.20 with Private Health Care Systems — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
| Payer | Plan | Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $13.24 | ↓ -91% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $13.66 | ↓ -90% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $13.88 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Medicaid | $14.00 | ↓ -90% |
| CBHNP | Commercial | $14.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $14.00 | ↓ -90% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $14.33 | ↓ -90% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $14.46 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $14.46 | ↓ -90% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $14.46 | ↓ -90% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $14.46 | ↓ -90% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $14.70 | ↓ -90% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $15.40 | ↓ -89% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $19.46 | ↓ -86% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $20.76 | ↓ -86% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $21.86 | ↓ -85% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $23.86 | ↓ -83% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $27.23 | ↓ -81% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $70.39 | ↓ -51% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $76.70 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $119.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $119.50 | ↓ -17% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $122.51 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $126.67 | ↓ -12% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $131.45 | ↓ -8% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $191.20 | ↑ +33% |
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Cholesterol (lipid) test at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $66.60 | $4.83 – $99.90 |