Application finger splntstatic 29130 at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$226.20

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.

$377.00

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.

$51.65 with Prime Net vs $385.36 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 $51.65 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $67.82 ↓ -70%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $75.40 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $75.40 ↓ -67%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $86.09 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $92.79 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $122.08 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $122.08 ↓ -46%
Humana Medicare $123.31 ↓ -45%
Aetna Medicare $128.61 ↓ -43%
Geisinger Medicare $129.48 ↓ -43%
Cigna Medicare $129.48 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Medicare $131.94 ↓ -42%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $133.17 ↓ -41%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $147.03 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $148.16 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $148.16 ↓ -35%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $165.98 ↓ -27%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $175.31 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $176.44 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $176.44 ↓ -22%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $197.30 ↓ -13%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $206.22 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $206.22 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $206.22 ↓ -9%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $207.35 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $207.35 ↓ -8%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $245.05 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $246.86 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $263.90 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $285.01 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial $294.06 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $320.45 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $346.82 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $361.50 ↑ +60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $385.36 ↑ +70%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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