Mayo tcgr analysis gene rearrangement trb@ abnormal clonal population(s) amplification at UPMC Altoona
620 Howard Avenue, Altoona, PA · UPMC · · NPI 112418570
$732.60
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.
$1,221.00
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.
$196.36 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,098.32 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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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $196.36 | ↓ -73% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $206.48 | ↓ -72% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $213.06 | ↓ -71% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $216.57 | ↓ -70% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $223.54 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $225.63 | ↓ -69% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $225.63 | ↓ -69% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $225.63 | ↓ -69% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $225.63 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $323.50 | ↓ -56% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $323.50 | ↓ -56% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $331.65 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $342.91 | ↓ -53% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $355.85 | ↓ -51% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $355.85 | ↓ -51% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $355.85 | ↓ -51% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $517.60 | ↓ -29% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $1,008.00 | ↑ +38% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,098.32 | ↑ +50% |
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Mayo tcgr analysis gene rearrangement trb@ abnormal clonal population(s) amplification at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $1,288.20 | $75.38 – $627.30 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $1,206.60 | $114.91 – $1,709.35 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $940.80 | $53.00 – $1,254.40 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $1,206.60 | $166.95 – $1,709.35 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $859.80 | $198.23 – $1,146.40 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $886.80 | $196.36 – $225.63 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $859.80 | $189.47 – $225.63 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $859.80 | $187.05 – $317.51 |