Liberta rc ipg at UPMC Altoona
620 Howard Avenue, Altoona, PA · UPMC · · NPI 112418570
$45,741.60
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.
$76,236.00
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.
$3,084.46 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $59,687.20 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 | $3,084.46 | ↓ -93% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $5,357.22 | ↓ -88% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $5,357.22 | ↓ -88% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $5,491.96 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $6,331.26 | ↓ -86% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $8,117.00 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $8,117.00 | ↓ -82% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $8,117.00 | ↓ -82% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $8,117.00 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $8,604.02 | ↓ -81% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $8,928.70 | ↓ -80% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $12,987.20 | ↓ -72% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $54,778.64 | ↑ +20% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $59,687.20 | ↑ +30% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
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Liberta rc ipg at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $22,258.80 | $7,048.62 – $29,678.40 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $49,345.80 | $3,054.82 – $54,778.64 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $36,300.00 | $1,793.20 – $54,778.64 |
| UPMC McKeesport | Mckeesport | $41,431.80 | $1,793.20 – $54,778.64 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $59,552.40 | $43,255.56 – $43,255.56 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $39,513.60 | $1,502.85 – $9,017.10 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $52,306.80 | $79,490.65 – $79,490.65 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $75,797.40 | $88,567.28 – $88,567.28 |