Video Swallow Study (Modified Barium Swallow) 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

$438.00

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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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$730.00

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.

$50.60 with Aetna vs $620.50 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
Aetna Medicaid $50.60 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $50.60 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $63.94 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $68.22 ↓ -84%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $69.37 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $71.81 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $76.15 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $78.39 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $151.95 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $173.58 ↓ -60%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $174.78 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $174.81 ↓ -60%
Aetna of PA Medicare $178.21 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $178.21 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $178.21 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Medicare $181.60 ↓ -59%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $183.28 ↓ -58%
Cigna Medicare $183.30 ↓ -58%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $183.30 ↓ -58%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $183.30 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $187.06 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $213.87 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $240.90 ↓ -45%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $248.93 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $270.10 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $273.39 ↓ -38%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $278.86 ↓ -36%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Access PPO/Blue Preferred HMO/HIC $283.97 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $284.70 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $284.70 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $284.70 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $284.70 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $292.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $292.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $292.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $318.48 ↓ -27%
Aetna EBR FI $438.00 ↑ +0%
InterGroup PPO $474.50 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $481.80 ↑ +10%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $511.00 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $584.00 ↑ +33%
Prime Net Commercial $598.60 ↑ +37%
Humana Commercial $620.50 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Video Swallow Study (Modified Barium Swallow) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $793.80 $28.00 – $1,058.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $640.80 $48.30 – $961.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $427.80 $36.68 – $606.05
UPMC Cole Coudersport $385.80 $48.30 – $514.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $427.80 $36.68 – $606.05
UPMC East Monroeville $832.80 $50.60 – $1,110.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $442.20 $50.60 – $270.53
UPMC Northwest Seneca $610.80 $50.60 – $187.06

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