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Knee arthroscopy at UPMC Altoona

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

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

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Cash price

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$543.50 with Aetna vs $3,541.55 with UPMC Health Plan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer

Payer Plan Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna Medicaid $543.50
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $570.67
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $597.85
Geisinger Medicaid $755.41
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $806.01
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $819.60
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $848.46
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $926.23
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,030.96
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,862.21
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $3,154.60
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $3,206.57
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3,250.30
United Healthcare Medicare $3,309.88
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,340.82
Cigna Medicare $3,340.82
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,340.82
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,340.82
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,541.55
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Knee arthroscopy at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett not published $570.67 – $3,340.82

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