Debrid ecz/inf skin up tp 10% body 11000 at UPMC Altoona

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

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

$389.40

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.

$649.00

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.

$29.30 with Aetna vs $630.28 with Cigna — 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 $29.30 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $30.77 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $32.23 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid $40.72 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $43.45 ↓ -89%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $44.18 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $45.74 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $49.93 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $92.94 ↓ -76%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $122.03 ↓ -69%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $300.27 ↓ -23%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $324.50 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial $324.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $327.18 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Commercial $332.68 ↓ -15%
Aetna Commercial $343.97 ↓ -12%
Geisinger Commercial $356.95 ↓ -8%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $519.20 ↑ +33%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $595.15 ↑ +53%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $604.95 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare Medicare $624.44 ↑ +60%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $630.28 ↑ +62%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $630.28 ↑ +62%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $630.28 ↑ +62%
Cigna Medicare $630.28 ↑ +62%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —

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Debrid ecz/inf skin up tp 10% body 11000 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett $640.80 $30.77 – $961.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,488.00 $37.21 – $2,108.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $220.20 $9.98 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,488.00 $37.21 – $2,108.00
UPMC East Monroeville $459.60 $32.23 – $612.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $624.00 $32.23 – $848.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $544.20 $32.23 – $612.77
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,488.00 $37.21 – $935.63

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