Pegfilgrastim-jmdb 6 mg/0.6 ml subcutaneous syringe at UPMC Altoona

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

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

$2,014.80

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.

$3,358.00

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.

$62.59 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,686.40 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 $62.59 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid $99.13 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $99.13 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $99.13 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $99.13 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $101.09 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $102.76 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare $106.07 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $107.06 ↓ -95%
Cigna Medicare $107.06 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $107.06 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $107.06 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $121.93 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $142.19 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $242.22 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Commercial $375.90 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,248.50 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial $1,679.00 ↓ -17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,679.00 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial $1,779.74 ↓ -12%
Geisinger Commercial $1,846.90 ↓ -8%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,686.40 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Pegfilgrastim-jmdb 6 mg/0.6 ml subcutaneous syringe at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,014.40 $35.77 – $1,141.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,087.40 $98.14 – $2,957.15
UPMC Cole Coudersport $5,197.80 $99.13 – $6,930.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,087.40 $98.14 – $2,957.15
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,179.20 $62.59 – $198.31
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,112.00 $62.59 – $107.06
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,087.40 $98.14 – $158.61
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $2,112.00 $62.59 – $186.02

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