App high cost ss t/a/l <100sq cm addl <25sq cm at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$372.00

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.

$620.00

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.

$17.93 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $527.00 with Multiplan — 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 $17.93 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $40.29 ↓ -89%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $84.94 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $102.30 ↓ -73%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $124.00 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $124.00 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $241.80 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $243.66 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $243.66 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $288.30 ↓ -23%
Prime Net GateKeeper $290.16 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $290.16 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $339.14 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $339.14 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $339.14 ↓ -9%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $341.00 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $341.00 ↓ -8%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $403.00 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $405.98 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $426.78 ↑ +15%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $434.00 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $468.72 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $527.00 ↑ +42%

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App high cost ss t/a/l <100sq cm addl <25sq cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,472.40 $38.50 – $1,963.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $168.60 $38.50 – $529.86
UPMC Hanover Hanover $372.00 $17.93 – $426.78
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $345.00 $38.50 – $231.51
UPMC Jameson New Castle $345.00 $15.37 – $426.78
UPMC Lititz Lititz $372.00 $15.37 – $426.78
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $384.00 $16.91 – $153.12
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $384.00 $42.90 – $268.13

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