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Allegheny Valley Hospital is cheaper overall — its cash prices run about 95% lower than UPMC East (median across 81 shared procedures), winning on 81 of them.
UPMC East Monroeville, PA CMS rating ★★★★☆ 71% recommend · ER wait 238 min · readmit 15.0% cheaper on
0 Procedure Allegheny Valley Hospital UPMC East Medicare Abscess drainage (complex or multiple) $124 $1,402 $220 Abscess drainage (simple) $72 $544 $129 Abscess incision and drainage $98 $973 $174 Albumin blood test $3 $74 $5 Aldosterone test $29 $609 $41 Alkaline phosphatase test $4 $76 $5 Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) test $12 $251 $17 Ammonia blood test $11 $216 $15 Anoscopy $28 $389 $129 Antinuclear antibody (ANA) test $9 $181 $12 Arterial blood gas (ABG) $19 $405 $26 Bartholin cyst removal $74 $2,281 $182 Benign skin lesion removal $78 $3,010 $171 BNP (heart failure) test $28 $704 $39 Breathing tube insertion (intubation) $96 $2,281 $133 Burn dressing and debridement (medium) $75 $471 $166 Burn dressing and debridement (small) $37 $389 $93 Burn treatment $56 $430 $129 CA 19-9 tumor marker test $15 $427 $21 CA-125 ovarian marker test $15 $427 $21 CEA tumor marker test $13 $283 $19 Copper blood test $9 $187 $12 Cortisol test $12 $243 $16 COVID-19 PCR test $37 $75 $51 DHEA-sulfate test $16 $334 $22 Drug screen (urine) $12 $359 $17 Electromyography (EMG) $43 $615 $141 Estradiol (estrogen) test $20 $417 $28 Fecal occult blood (stool) test $7 $21 $10 Fecal occult blood (stool) test (guaiac, gFOBT) $3 $20 $4 Fecal occult blood (stool) test (immunochemical, FIT) $12 $22 $16 Ferritin (iron) test $10 $203 $14 Fibrinogen test $7 $125 $10 Folate (folic acid) test $11 $222 $15 Foreign body removal (skin) $71 $544 $157 FSH hormone test $13 $280 $19 GGT liver test $5 $108 $7 HDL cholesterol test $6 $122 $8 Hemoglobin A1c (diabetes test) $7 $158 $10 Hepatitis B test $7 $203 $10 Hepatitis C test $10 $283 $14 Hip fracture repair $830 $13,873 $1,120 HIV test $14 $371 $19 HIV test (antigen/antibody combo) $17 $371 $24 IUD removal $45 $931 $112 Laryngoscopy $77 $1,569 $189 LDL cholesterol test $8 $71 $11 LH hormone test $13 $276 $19 Lipid (cholesterol) panel $10 $212 $13 Office visit (established patient) $55 $201 $115 Office visit (new patient) $90 $425 $177 Office visit, established patient (level 3) $44 $187 $95 Office visit, established patient (level 4) $65 $216 $136 Office visit, new patient (level 3) $55 $330 $118 Office visit, new patient (level 4) $90 $425 $177 Office visit, new patient (level 5) $122 $516 $237 Pap smear (cervical screening) $14 $61 $20 Parathyroid hormone (PTH) test $30 $619 $41 Physical therapy evaluation $68 $412 $98 Physical therapy evaluation (moderate complexity) $68 $412 $98 Procalcitonin test $20 $205 $27 Prolactin test $14 $289 $19 Prostate test (PSA) $13 $73 $18 Screening colonoscopy $123 $1,440 $378 Sex hormone binding globulin test $16 $272 $22 Simple wound stitches $35 $544 $127 Skin tag removal $51 $706 $92 Strep throat test $12 $35 $17 Swallow study $48 $487 $85 T3 thyroid test $10 $213 $14 Testosterone test $19 $384 $26 Thyroid test (TSH) $12 $251 $17 Total IgE allergy test $12 $245 $16 Triglycerides test $4 $85 $6 Urine pregnancy test $6 $133 $9 Vaccine administration $12 $12 $19 Vaccine administration (each additional) $10 $12 $16 Vitamin B12 test $11 $226 $15 Vitamin D test $21 $442 $30 Wart removal $51 $719 $121 Zinc blood test $8 $169 $11
Green = lower cash price. Source: hospitals' machine-readable files (45 CFR §180). Estimates — confirm with the hospital.
