Mayo molecular pathology procedure level 2 apoe genotype at UPMC Altoona

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

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

$3,829.20

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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.

$6,382.00

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.

$135.40 with UPMC Work Partners vs $411.08 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.

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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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $135.40 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $139.71 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $142.01 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare $146.59 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $147.96 ↓ -96%
Cigna Medicare $147.96 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $147.96 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $147.96 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $242.00 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial $242.50 ↓ -94%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $242.50 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Commercial $248.61 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial $257.05 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid $266.75 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $266.75 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Commercial $266.75 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $377.27 ↓ -90%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $388.00 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $411.08 ↓ -89%

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Mayo molecular pathology procedure level 2 apoe genotype at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,590.60 $49.43 – $1,256.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $495.60 $75.35 – $702.10
UPMC Cole Coudersport $644.40 $53.00 – $859.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $495.60 $109.48 – $702.10
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,141.80 $135.40 – $242.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $4,014.60 $104.75 – $147.96
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $4,014.60 $105.08 – $257.08
UPMC Kane Kane $31.20 $135.40 – $591.29

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