Repair blood vessel dir upper extr at UPMC Altoona
620 Howard Avenue, Altoona, PA · UPMC · · NPI 112418570
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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.
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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.
$836.96 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $3,240.82 with AmeriHealth Caritas — 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 | $836.96 | — |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $1,858.40 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $2,654.34 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $2,892.19 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $3,060.18 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $3,110.59 | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $3,210.81 | — |
| Cigna | Medicare | $3,240.82 | — |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $3,240.82 | — |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $3,240.82 | — |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $3,240.82 | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Repair blood vessel dir upper extr at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $5,435.40 | $1,082.67 – $8,153.10 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $1,506.00 | $695.77 – $2,008.00 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $5,116.20 | $836.96 – $4,364.40 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $3,433.80 | $844.93 – $3,300.84 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $5,036.40 | $844.93 – $3,300.84 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $5,738.40 | $993.28 – $3,240.82 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | not published | $1,016.56 – $7,348.95 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | not published | $836.96 – $3,300.84 |