Ondansetron hcl (pf) 2 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at UPMC Altoona

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

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

$62.80

Cash price

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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.

$78.50

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.

$0.06 with UPMC Health Plan vs $31.20 with Private Health Care Systems — 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 Health Plan Managed Medicaid $0.06 ↓ -100%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $0.09 ↓ -100%
Geisinger Medicaid $0.09 ↓ -100%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $0.09 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $0.09 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $0.11 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $0.12 ↓ -100%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $0.17 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicaid $0.17 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare Commercial $0.27 ↓ -100%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $11.32 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $14.50 ↓ -77%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $19.50 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial $19.50 ↓ -69%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $19.50 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial $20.67 ↓ -67%
Geisinger Commercial $21.45 ↓ -66%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $31.20 ↓ -50%

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Ondansetron hcl (pf) 2 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett $34.00 $0.06 – $37.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $5.40 $0.09 – $7.20
UPMC East Monroeville $67.60 $0.06 – $67.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $86.40 $0.06 – $0.28
UPMC Northwest Seneca $45.40 $0.06 – $15.05
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $112.80 $0.06 – $14.78
UPMC Jameson New Castle $16.60 $0.06 – $11.52
UPMC Kane Kane $3.00 $0.09 – $0.22

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