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Head CT scan at UPMC Altoona
620 Howard Avenue, Altoona, PA · UPMC · · NPI 112418570
$961.20
Cash price
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,602.00
Gross charge
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$77.50 with Aetna vs $1,281.60 with Private Health Care Systems — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
| Payer | Plan | Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Medicaid | $77.50 | ↓ -92% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $81.38 | ↓ -92% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $85.25 | ↓ -91% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $107.72 | ↓ -89% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $114.93 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $116.87 | ↓ -88% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $120.99 | ↓ -87% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $132.08 | ↓ -86% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $240.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $257.50 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $801.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $801.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $801.00 | ↓ -17% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $820.79 | ↓ -15% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $821.19 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $849.06 | ↓ -12% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $881.10 | ↓ -8% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $894.34 | ↓ -7% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $1,281.60 | ↑ +33% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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Head CT scan at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $741.00 | $36.58 – $1,111.50 |