Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$3,637.20

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$6,062.00

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.

$220.51 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $16,693.00 with Cigna — 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

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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $220.51 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $225.72 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $234.40 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $236.48 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $252.91 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $295.90 ↓ -92%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $830.49 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↓ -72%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $1,212.40 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,212.40 ↓ -67%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,219.76 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,534.45 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $1,534.45 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare $1,549.95 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare $1,616.60 ↓ -56%
Cigna Medicare $1,627.45 ↓ -55%
Geisinger Medicare $1,627.45 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,658.45 ↓ -54%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,673.95 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,331.90 ↓ -36%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $2,364.18 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $2,382.37 ↓ -34%
Aetna ACO $2,382.37 ↓ -34%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $2,479.92 ↓ -32%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $2,818.83 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $2,837.02 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $2,837.02 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $3,315.91 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $3,315.91 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $3,315.91 ↓ -9%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $3,940.30 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $3,969.40 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $4,243.40 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $4,359.39 ↑ +20%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $4,543.83 ↑ +25%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $4,582.87 ↑ +26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $4,843.75 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $5,152.70 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial $16,693.00 ↑ +359%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $4,024.80 $173.63 – $5,366.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $3,637.20 $234.40 – $5,152.70
UPMC East Monroeville $7,281.60 $190.99 – $9,708.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $8,322.60 $190.99 – $2,246.66
UPMC Northwest Seneca $7,281.60 $190.99 – $1,621.93
UPMC Hanover Hanover $3,637.20 $220.51 – $2,476.51
UPMC Jameson New Castle $7,718.40 $190.99 – $2,085.34
UPMC Lititz Lititz $3,637.20 $220.51 – $2,489.89

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