Immobilizer shldr dlx str 24-36in med at UPMC Altoona
620 Howard Avenue, Altoona, PA · UPMC · · NPI 112418570
$198.00
Cash price 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.
$330.00
Gross charge 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.
$7.98 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $455.99 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $7.98 | ↓ -96% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $13.86 | ↓ -93% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $16.38 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $21.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $21.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $21.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $22.26 | ↓ -89% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $23.10 | ↓ -88% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $23.10 | ↓ -88% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $33.60 | ↓ -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 | $112.40 | ↓ -43% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $160.53 | ↓ -19% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $418.49 | ↑ +111% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $455.99 | ↑ +130% |
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Immobilizer shldr dlx str 24-36in med at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $415.80 | $160.53 – $623.70 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $69.60 | $22.04 – $160.53 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $421.80 | $6.46 – $418.49 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $687.00 | $112.40 – $160.53 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $94.80 | $160.53 – $506.41 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $459.60 | $160.53 – $418.49 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $121.20 | $39.86 – $418.49 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $507.60 | $43.85 – $418.49 |