Amplification real-time pcr dna markers infectious disease bacterial vaginosis and vaginitis at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$502.20

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.

$837.00

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.

$114.67 with Prime Net vs $821.87 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
Prime Net Managed Medicare $114.67 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $144.64 ↓ -71%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $167.40 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $167.40 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $260.36 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $260.36 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare $262.99 ↓ -48%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $267.46 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare $274.30 ↓ -45%
Geisinger Medicare $276.14 ↓ -45%
Cigna Medicare $276.14 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Medicare $281.40 ↓ -44%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $284.03 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Commercial $315.59 ↓ -37%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $326.43 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $328.94 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $328.94 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $389.20 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $391.72 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $391.72 ↓ -22%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $420.78 ↓ -16%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $457.84 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $457.84 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $457.84 ↓ -9%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $460.35 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $460.35 ↓ -8%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $544.05 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $548.07 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $585.90 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $585.90 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $632.77 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial $652.86 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $711.45 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $739.69 ↑ +47%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $770.98 ↑ +54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $821.87 ↑ +64%

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UPMC Altoona Altoona $280.20 $92.53 – $373.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $356.40 $94.89 – $534.60
UPMC Cole Coudersport $532.20 $53.00 – $709.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $502.20 $167.40 – $711.45
UPMC East Monroeville $247.20 $135.96 – $329.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $312.00 $255.57 – $284.03
UPMC Northwest Seneca $340.20 $238.51 – $284.03
UPMC Hanover Hanover $502.20 $260.36 – $420.78

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