Afamelanotide implant, 1 mg at UPMC Horizon-Greenville

110 N Main St, Greenville, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225048838

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$6,529.20

Cash price

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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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$10,882.00

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.

$2,635.24 with UPMC Health Plan vs $9,249.70 with Humana — 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

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 Medicare $2,635.24 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $2,873.33 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare All Business $2,873.33 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $3,031.13 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare $3,031.72 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $3,090.59 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $3,090.59 ↓ -53%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,090.59 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,149.46 ↓ -52%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,178.60 ↓ -51%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,178.89 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,178.89 ↓ -51%
Cigna Medicare $3,178.89 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $3,478.32 ↓ -47%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $3,710.76 ↓ -43%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3,808.70 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $4,026.34 ↓ -38%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $4,156.92 ↓ -36%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Access PPO/Blue Preferred HMO/HIC $4,233.10 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $4,243.98 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $4,243.98 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $4,243.98 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $4,285.24 ↓ -34%
Aetna EBR ASO $4,352.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $4,352.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $4,352.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $5,337.62 ↓ -18%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $5,523.33 ↓ -15%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $5,574.85 ↓ -15%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $5,985.10 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $5,985.10 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $6,529.20 ↑ +0%
InterGroup PPO $7,073.30 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $7,182.12 ↑ +10%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $7,617.40 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $8,705.60 ↑ +33%
Prime Net Commercial $8,923.24 ↑ +37%
Humana Commercial $9,249.70 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Afamelanotide implant, 1 mg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $6,227.40 $1,364.81 – $8,303.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $6,529.20 $1,061.99 – $9,793.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $6,733.80 $1,364.81 – $3,178.89
UPMC Northwest Seneca $6,529.20 $2,669.39 – $3,178.89
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $140,689.80 $1,377.80 – $3,178.89
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $6,529.20 $1,377.80 – $3,237.76
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $6,529.20 $1,364.81 – $3,237.76
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $140,689.80 $1,377.80 – $3,237.76

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