Observation per hour 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

$355.80

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.

$593.00

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.

$19.50 with Aetna vs $4,426.77 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Aetna Medicare $19.50 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $25.74 ↓ -93%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $26.60 ↓ -93%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $28.86 ↓ -92%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $29.80 ↓ -92%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Access PPO/Blue Preferred HMO/HIC $30.34 ↓ -91%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $30.42 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $30.42 ↓ -91%
Cigna New Business ASO $30.42 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare All Business $30.42 ↓ -91%
Aetna EBR ASO $31.20 ↓ -91%
Cigna EBR $31.20 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial $31.20 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $31.88 ↓ -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 $39.00 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $39.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna EBR FI $46.80 ↓ -87%
InterGroup PPO $50.70 ↓ -86%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $51.48 ↓ -86%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $54.60 ↓ -85%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $62.40 ↓ -82%
Prime Net Commercial $63.96 ↓ -82%
Humana Commercial $66.30 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $82.01 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $101.04 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $679.00 ↑ +91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $747.00 ↑ +110%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $1,074.19 ↑ +202%
Aetna Medicaid $1,074.19 ↑ +202%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $2,064.00 ↑ +480%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $2,137.42 ↑ +501%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $2,137.43 ↑ +501%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2,207.16 ↑ +520%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $2,569.10 ↑ +622%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $2,966.47 ↑ +734%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $4,426.77 ↑ +1144%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Observation per hour at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $86.40 $27.00 – $2,137.43
UPMC Bedford Everett $580.20 $24.50 – $2,207.16
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $111.60 $25.48 – $2,137.42
UPMC Cole Coudersport $370.80 $25.50 – $2,015.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $111.60 $45.01 – $3,000.00
UPMC East Monroeville $516.00 $27.85 – $2,207.16
UPMC Northwest Seneca $443.40 $1,074.19 – $1,171.85
UPMC Jameson New Castle $42.00 $26.56 – $60.88

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