Assay of prostaglandin 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

$843.60

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,406.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$11.00 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $1,195.10 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $11.00 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $12.10 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicaid $12.10 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $15.29 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $16.31 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $17.17 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $18.75 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $37.40 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $39.95 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $41.28 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $43.01 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $43.02 ↓ -95%
Aetna of PA Medicare $43.86 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $43.86 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $43.86 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare $44.69 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $45.11 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $45.11 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $45.11 ↓ -95%
Cigna Medicare $45.11 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $75.65 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $78.38 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $93.20 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $143.42 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $463.98 ↓ -45%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $479.45 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $520.22 ↓ -38%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $537.09 ↓ -36%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Access PPO/Blue Preferred HMO/HIC $546.93 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $548.34 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $548.34 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $548.34 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $548.34 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $562.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $562.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $562.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $843.60 ↑ +0%
InterGroup PPO $913.90 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $927.96 ↑ +10%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $984.20 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,124.80 ↑ +33%
Prime Net Commercial $1,152.92 ↑ +37%
Humana Commercial $1,195.10 ↑ +42%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Assay of prostaglandin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $183.60 $11.00 – $244.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $336.00 $11.00 – $504.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $211.80 $11.00 – $300.05
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $211.80 $11.00 – $300.05
UPMC East Monroeville $186.60 $11.00 – $248.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $260.40 $11.00 – $46.79
UPMC Northwest Seneca $298.20 $12.10 – $43.86
UPMC Hanover Hanover $211.80 $11.00 – $66.83

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →