Chromogenic substrate assay 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

$117.00

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

$195.00

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.

$10.65 with UPMC Health Plan vs $165.75 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $10.65 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.76 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $12.24 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $12.25 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $12.48 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.48 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $12.48 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare $12.72 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $12.84 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $12.84 ↓ -89%
Cigna Medicare $12.84 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12.84 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $22.31 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $27.86 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $51.88 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $63.91 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $64.35 ↓ -45%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $66.50 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $72.15 ↓ -38%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $74.49 ↓ -36%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Access PPO/Blue Preferred HMO/HIC $75.86 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $76.05 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $76.05 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $76.05 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $76.05 ↓ -35%
Cigna EBR $78.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $78.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $78.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $100.02 ↓ -15%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $107.25 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $107.25 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $117.00 ↑ +0%
InterGroup PPO $126.75 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $128.70 ↑ +10%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $136.50 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $156.00 ↑ +33%
Prime Net Commercial $159.90 ↑ +37%
Humana Commercial $165.75 ↑ +42%

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Chromogenic substrate assay at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $158.40 $11.76 – $211.20
UPMC East Monroeville $138.00 $11.76 – $184.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $178.20 $11.76 – $32.08
UPMC Northwest Seneca $188.40 $10.78 – $12.84
UPMC Jameson New Castle $117.00 $8.34 – $32.65
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $138.00 $11.02 – $32.39
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $119.40 $9.91 – $32.08
UPMC Muncy Muncy $158.40 $9.28 – $12.58

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