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Breast Biopsy (ultrasound-guided, percutaneous) 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

$3,146.40

Cash price

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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.

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$5,244.00

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.

$145.83 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $4,457.40 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $145.83 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $152.78 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicaid $152.78 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $159.72 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $193.04 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $205.97 ↓ -93%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $209.45 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $216.82 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $236.70 ↓ -92%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Access PPO/Blue Preferred HMO/HIC $699.00 ↓ -78%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $893.20 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $912.40 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,124.19 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,202.64 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare $1,311.00 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,382.97 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $1,590.73 ↓ -49%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,621.93 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,652.83 ↓ -47%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,668.12 ↓ -47%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,668.28 ↓ -47%
Cigna Medicare $1,668.28 ↓ -47%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,668.28 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $1,730.52 ↓ -45%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $1,788.20 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,940.28 ↓ -38%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,003.21 ↓ -36%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $2,045.16 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,045.16 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,045.16 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $2,045.16 ↓ -35%
Cigna EBR $2,097.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,097.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,097.60 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,146.82 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $2,622.00 ↓ -17%
Aetna EBR FI $3,146.40 ↑ +0%
InterGroup PPO $3,408.60 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,461.04 ↑ +10%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $3,670.80 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4,195.20 ↑ +33%
Prime Net Commercial $4,300.08 ↑ +37%
Humana Commercial $4,457.40 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Breast Biopsy (ultrasound-guided, percutaneous) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,790.40 $152.78 – $5,588.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,087.40 $176.39 – $6,413.00
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,945.20 $138.89 – $2,593.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $2,637.00 $145.83 – $3,955.50
UPMC Cole Coudersport $419.40 $145.83 – $1,041.88
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,087.40 $187.50 – $2,957.15
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,087.40 $176.39 – $3,026.73
UPMC Jameson New Castle $3,146.40 $135.09 – $4,614.72

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