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Neck (Cervical Spine) MRI (with contrast) 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

$4,973.40

Cash price

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$8,289.00

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.

$304.83 with UPMC Health Plan vs $7,045.65 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 $304.83 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $350.63 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $350.69 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $357.50 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $357.50 ↓ -93%
Aetna of PA Medicare $357.50 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare $364.31 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $367.68 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $367.72 ↓ -93%
Cigna Medicare $367.72 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $367.72 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $372.90 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicaid $372.90 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $471.18 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $502.74 ↓ -90%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $511.21 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $529.21 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $577.72 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $605.11 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $638.91 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,342.37 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,388.95 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,653.96 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,172.46 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $2,735.37 ↓ -45%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $2,826.55 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $3,066.93 ↓ -38%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $3,166.40 ↓ -36%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Access PPO/Blue Preferred HMO/HIC $3,224.42 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $3,232.71 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $3,232.71 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $3,232.71 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $3,232.71 ↓ -35%
Cigna EBR $3,315.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $3,315.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $3,315.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $4,973.40 ↑ +0%
InterGroup PPO $5,387.85 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5,470.74 ↑ +10%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $5,802.30 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $6,631.20 ↑ +33%
Prime Net Commercial $6,796.98 ↑ +37%
Humana Commercial $7,045.65 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Neck (Cervical Spine) MRI (with contrast) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $4,621.20 $316.41 – $6,546.70
UPMC East Monroeville $5,074.20 $341.40 – $6,765.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,455.60 $220.65 – $1,698.20
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,929.60 $309.35 – $2,830.08
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $4,936.20 $315.59 – $6,992.95
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,854.80 $338.22 – $4,044.30
UPMC Bedford Everett $4,625.40 $122.85 – $6,938.10
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,810.80 $269.00 – $2,414.40

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