Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation 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

$52.80

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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.

$88.00

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.

$8.64 with UPMC Health Plan vs $77.93 with UPMC Work Partners — 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 Commercial $8.64 ↓ -84%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $16.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicaid $17.60 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $17.60 ↓ -67%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $22.24 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $22.66 ↓ -57%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $23.73 ↓ -55%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $24.98 ↓ -53%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $27.27 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $27.92 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $29.04 ↓ -45%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $30.01 ↓ -43%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $31.02 ↓ -41%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $32.56 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $33.50 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $33.62 ↓ -36%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Access PPO/Blue Preferred HMO/HIC $34.23 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $34.32 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $34.32 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $34.32 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $34.32 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $35.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $35.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $35.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $38.54 ↓ -27%
Aetna Medicare $38.54 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $39.29 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $39.29 ↓ -26%
Aetna of PA Medicare $39.29 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Medicare $40.04 ↓ -24%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $40.41 ↓ -23%
Cigna Medicare $40.41 ↓ -23%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $40.41 ↓ -23%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $40.41 ↓ -23%
Aetna EBR FI $52.80 ↑ +0%
InterGroup PPO $57.20 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $58.08 ↑ +10%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $61.60 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $70.22 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $70.40 ↑ +33%
Prime Net Commercial $72.16 ↑ +37%
Humana Commercial $74.80 ↑ +42%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $77.93 ↑ +48%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $193.20 $4.00 – $257.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $100.20 $8.65 – $150.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $78.60 $5.24 – $111.35
UPMC Cole Coudersport $159.60 $16.80 – $212.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $85.80 $5.24 – $111.35
UPMC East Monroeville $108.60 $8.53 – $144.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $153.00 $14.02 – $80.77
UPMC Northwest Seneca $96.60 $8.61 – $77.93

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