Ablation cryo pq liver tumor(s) at UPMC Carlisle

361 Alexander Spring Road, Carlisle, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1689107328

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published unknown · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$14,653.80

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.

$24,423.00

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.

$1,016.56 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $31,124.68 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↓ -93%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $3,345.95 ↓ -77%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $4,884.60 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4,884.60 ↓ -67%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $5,477.77 ↓ -63%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $9,524.97 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $9,598.24 ↓ -34%
Prime Net ACO $9,598.24 ↓ -34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $9,859.98 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $9,859.98 ↓ -33%
Humana Medicare $9,959.58 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare $10,387.84 ↓ -29%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $10,401.56 ↓ -29%
Cigna Medicare $10,457.56 ↓ -29%
Geisinger Medicare $10,457.56 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Medicare $10,656.75 ↓ -27%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $10,756.35 ↓ -27%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $11,356.69 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $11,429.96 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $11,429.96 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $13,359.38 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $13,359.38 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $13,359.38 ↓ -9%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $13,432.65 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $13,432.65 ↓ -8%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $15,874.95 ↑ +8%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $15,935.33 ↑ +9%
Geisinger Commercial $15,992.18 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial $16,693.00 ↑ +14%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $17,096.10 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $17,096.10 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $18,463.79 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $20,759.55 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $28,012.31 ↑ +91%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $29,197.50 ↑ +99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $31,124.68 ↑ +112%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —

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Ablation cryo pq liver tumor(s) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $14,653.80 $1,016.56 – $20,759.55
UPMC Hanover Hanover $14,653.80 $1,016.56 – $15,913.34
UPMC Lititz Lititz $14,653.80 $1,016.56 – $15,999.30
UPMC Memorial York $14,653.80 $1,016.56 – $15,973.31
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $36,600.60 $931.20 – $13,453.91
UPMC Somerset Somerset $14,653.80 $892.40 – $10,718.93

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