Vaccine hpv types 6/11/16/18/31/33/45/52/58 nonvalent (9vhpv) 2 or 3 dose im at UPMC Altoona

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

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

$186.00

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.

$310.00

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.

$10.00 with Aetna vs $1,106.94 with United Healthcare — 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
Aetna Medicaid $10.00 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $10.50 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $11.00 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid $13.90 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $14.83 ↓ -92%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $15.08 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $15.61 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $17.04 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $115.26 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $126.16 ↓ -32%
Cigna Commercial $155.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $155.00 ↓ -17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $155.00 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial $164.30 ↓ -12%
Geisinger Commercial $170.50 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $221.87 ↑ +19%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $241.75 ↑ +30%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $248.00 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,106.94 ↑ +495%

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Vaccine hpv types 6/11/16/18/31/33/45/52/58 nonvalent (9vhpv) 2 or 3 dose im at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $247.20 $10.50 – $329.60
UPMC Kane Kane $492.00 $11.00 – $608.82
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $186.00 $11.00 – $127.36
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $186.00 $11.00 – $126.16
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $186.00 $11.00 – $127.36
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $157.80 $11.00 – $17.04
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $186.00 $11.00 – $17.04
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $290.50 $11.00 – $581.00

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