Cylinder pump set 20cm titan zero angl at UPMC Altoona

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

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

$18,920.40

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.

$31,534.00

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.

$808.07 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $18,110.08 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
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $808.07 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,403.49 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid $1,403.49 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1,438.79 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1,658.67 ↓ -91%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,126.50 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial $2,126.50 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,126.50 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial $2,254.09 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Commercial $2,339.15 ↓ -88%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,402.40 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $3,659.16 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $16,620.74 ↓ -12%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $18,110.08 ↓ -4%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Cylinder pump set 20cm titan zero angl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett $12,048.60 $3,815.39 – $18,072.90
UPMC Hamot Erie $37,825.20 $3,659.16 – $3,659.16
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,862.80 $9,496.92 – $20,112.58
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $25,417.80 $9,325.66 – $16,620.74
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,438.20 $3,723.73 – $16,620.74
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $22,476.00 $3,694.00 – $16,620.74
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $27,160.20 $3,659.16 – $13,124.45
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $25,255.20 $3,694.00 – $24,118.78

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