Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) 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

$138.00

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$230.00

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.

$11.84 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $195.50 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
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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
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $11.84 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $14.59 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $15.46 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $17.07 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $17.78 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $17.79 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $18.13 ↓ -87%
Aetna of PA Medicare $18.13 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $18.13 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare $18.48 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18.65 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $18.65 ↓ -86%
Cigna Medicare $18.65 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $18.65 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $32.41 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $37.73 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $73.02 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $75.90 ↓ -45%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $78.43 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $85.10 ↓ -38%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $87.86 ↓ -36%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Access PPO/Blue Preferred HMO/HIC $89.47 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $89.70 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $89.70 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $89.70 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $89.70 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $92.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $92.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $92.00 ↓ -33%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $126.50 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $126.50 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $138.00 ↑ +0%
InterGroup PPO $149.50 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $151.80 ↑ +10%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $161.00 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $184.00 ↑ +33%
Prime Net Commercial $188.60 ↑ +37%
Humana Commercial $195.50 ↑ +42%

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Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $136.80 $7.32 – $182.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $100.20 $6.23 – $150.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $87.60 $9.50 – $124.10
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $87.60 $13.79 – $124.10
UPMC East Monroeville $194.40 $7.39 – $259.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $271.20 $7.32 – $18.65
UPMC Northwest Seneca $67.20 $15.66 – $18.65
UPMC Hanover Hanover $87.60 $13.79 – $73.02

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