Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) 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

$242.40

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$404.00

Gross charge

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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.

$46.59 with Aetna vs $2,480.35 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.

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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 $46.59 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $46.59 ↓ -81%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $58.86 ↓ -76%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $62.81 ↓ -74%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $63.86 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $66.11 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $72.17 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $102.81 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $105.38 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $126.67 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $133.32 ↓ -45%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $137.76 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $149.48 ↓ -38%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $154.33 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare All Business $157.56 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $157.56 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $157.56 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $157.56 ↓ -35%
Cigna EBR $161.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $161.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $161.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $242.40 ↑ +0%
InterGroup PPO $262.60 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $266.64 ↑ +10%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $282.80 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $323.20 ↑ +33%
Prime Net Commercial $331.28 ↑ +37%
Humana Commercial $343.40 ↑ +42%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Access PPO/Blue Preferred HMO/HIC $528.00 ↑ +118%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $591.10 ↑ +144%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $679.90 ↑ +180%
Aetna Medicare $680.04 ↑ +181%
Aetna of PA Medicare $693.24 ↑ +186%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $693.24 ↑ +186%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $693.24 ↑ +186%
United Healthcare Medicare $706.45 ↑ +191%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $712.98 ↑ +194%
Cigna Medicare $713.05 ↑ +194%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $713.05 ↑ +194%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $713.05 ↑ +194%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,238.92 ↑ +411%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,389.48 ↑ +473%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,480.35 ↑ +923%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $340.80 $42.35 – $454.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $364.20 $44.47 – $546.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $948.00 $53.78 – $1,343.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $52.20 $9.98 – $105.38
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $948.00 $53.78 – $2,480.35
UPMC East Monroeville $660.00 $46.59 – $880.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $294.60 $46.59 – $960.26
UPMC Northwest Seneca $336.60 $46.59 – $693.24

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