Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance 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

$325.20

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$542.00

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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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$19.80 with Aetna vs $528.10 with Highmark BCBS of PA — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Aetna Medicaid $19.80 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $19.80 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $25.02 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $26.69 ↓ -92%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $27.14 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $28.10 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $30.68 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $89.74 ↓ -72%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $100.66 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $108.49 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $133.67 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $165.42 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $178.86 ↓ -45%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $184.82 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $200.54 ↓ -38%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $207.04 ↓ -36%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $211.38 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $211.38 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $211.38 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $211.38 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $216.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $216.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $216.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $251.96 ↓ -23%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $289.82 ↓ -11%
Aetna Medicare $289.87 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $295.50 ↓ -9%
Aetna of PA Medicare $295.50 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $295.50 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $301.13 ↓ -7%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $303.92 ↓ -7%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $303.94 ↓ -7%
Cigna Medicare $303.94 ↓ -7%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $303.94 ↓ -7%
Aetna EBR FI $325.20 ↑ +0%
InterGroup PPO $352.30 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $357.72 ↑ +10%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $379.40 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $433.60 ↑ +33%
Prime Net Commercial $444.44 ↑ +37%
Humana Commercial $460.70 ↑ +42%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Access PPO/Blue Preferred HMO/HIC $528.00 ↑ +62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $528.10 ↑ +62%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $158.40 $18.00 – $211.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $310.20 $18.90 – $465.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $453.60 $22.86 – $1,016.56
UPMC Cole Coudersport $165.00 $18.90 – $99.74
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $453.60 $22.86 – $1,016.56
UPMC East Monroeville $319.20 $19.80 – $425.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $281.40 $19.80 – $409.31
UPMC Hanover Hanover $453.60 $22.86 – $1,016.56

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