Adhesive, liquid or equal at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$11.40

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.

$19.00

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.

$2.06 with Prime Net vs $16.41 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
Prime Net Managed Medicare $2.06 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $2.48 ↓ -78%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3.00 ↓ -74%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $3.00 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $3.00 ↓ -74%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $5.85 ↓ -49%
Aetna ACO $5.89 ↓ -48%
Prime Net ACO $5.89 ↓ -48%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $6.97 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial $7.02 ↓ -38%
Prime Net GateKeeper $7.02 ↓ -38%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $7.18 ↓ -37%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $8.21 ↓ -28%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $8.21 ↓ -28%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $8.21 ↓ -28%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $8.25 ↓ -28%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $8.25 ↓ -28%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $9.75 ↓ -14%
Geisinger Commercial $9.82 ↓ -14%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $10.50 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $11.04 ↓ -3%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $11.34 ↓ -1%
Cigna Commercial $11.70 ↑ +3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $12.75 ↑ +12%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $16.41 ↑ +44%

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Adhesive, liquid or equal at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $11.40 $3.00 – $25.24
UPMC Hanover Hanover $11.40 $3.00 – $16.41
UPMC Lititz Lititz $11.40 $2.52 – $16.41
UPMC Memorial York $11.40 $2.52 – $16.41
UPMC Somerset Somerset $11.40 $2.63 – $9.83

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