Ultrasound exam k transpl w/doppler at UPMC Altoona
620 Howard Avenue, Altoona, PA · UPMC · · NPI 112418570
$255.00
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.
$425.00
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.
$63.49 with Aetna vs $516.88 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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| Aetna | Medicaid | $63.49 | ↓ -75% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $66.66 | ↓ -74% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $69.84 | ↓ -73% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $88.24 | ↓ -65% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $94.16 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $95.74 | ↓ -62% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $99.11 | ↓ -61% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $108.20 | ↓ -58% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $126.66 | ↓ -50% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $147.51 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $212.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $212.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $212.50 | ↓ -17% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $217.85 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $225.25 | ↓ -12% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $233.75 | ↓ -8% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $340.00 | ↑ +33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $474.38 | ↑ +86% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $516.88 | ↑ +103% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Ultrasound exam k transpl w/doppler at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $394.20 | $83.17 – $558.45 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $394.20 | $48.40 – $474.38 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $1,356.00 | $100.24 – $1,808.00 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $469.20 | $100.24 – $181.47 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $426.00 | $91.94 – $181.47 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $394.20 | $83.17 – $189.91 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $1,491.00 | $90.77 – $190.24 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $277.20 | $73.01 – $181.47 |