Rmvl ext fixj sys under anes 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.
$545.04 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,865.87 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 | $545.04 | — |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $615.88 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $1,556.01 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $1,581.64 | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $1,632.61 | — |
| Cigna | Medicare | $1,647.86 | — |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $1,647.86 | — |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $1,647.86 | — |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $1,647.86 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $1,712.42 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,865.87 | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Rmvl ext fixj sys under anes at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $657.00 | $303.53 – $876.00 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $3,046.80 | $444.00 – $1,678.38 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $4,577.40 | $550.23 – $1,678.38 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $3,355.20 | $662.79 – $1,647.86 |
| Uniontown Hospital | Uniontown | $3,215.50 | $205.80 – $3,237.13 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | not published | $550.51 – $1,647.86 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | not published | $652.02 – $5,805.45 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | not published | $550.23 – $1,678.38 |