Administration chemotherapy IV infusion up to 1 hour single/initial substance/drug at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$608.40

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$1,014.00

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.

$138.92 with Prime Net vs $991.59 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

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
Prime Net Managed Medicare $138.92 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $158.50 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $158.50 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $162.24 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $163.49 ↓ -73%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $169.98 ↓ -72%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $181.78 ↓ -70%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $202.80 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $202.80 ↓ -67%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $212.68 ↓ -65%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $275.08 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $314.13 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $314.13 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare $317.30 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare $330.94 ↓ -46%
Cigna Medicare $333.17 ↓ -45%
Geisinger Medicare $333.17 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Medicare $339.51 ↓ -44%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $342.68 ↓ -44%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $392.11 ↓ -36%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $395.46 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $398.50 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $398.50 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $471.51 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $474.55 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $474.55 ↓ -22%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $507.68 ↓ -17%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $554.66 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $554.66 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $554.66 ↓ -9%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $659.10 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $663.97 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $709.80 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $766.58 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial $790.92 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare Commercial $793.00 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $861.90 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $892.44 ↑ +47%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $930.20 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $991.59 ↑ +63%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Administration chemotherapy IV infusion up to 1 hour single/initial substance/drug at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $402.00 $124.80 – $536.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $646.80 $114.10 – $970.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $848.40 $131.04 – $1,131.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $608.40 $158.50 – $861.90
UPMC East Monroeville $1,632.60 $137.28 – $2,176.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,187.40 $137.28 – $394.17
UPMC Northwest Seneca $912.00 $137.28 – $332.04
UPMC Hanover Hanover $608.40 $158.50 – $506.98

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