Braf gene at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$1,013.40

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.

$1,689.00

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.

$143.18 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $1,435.65 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $143.18 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $173.65 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $173.65 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare $175.40 ↓ -83%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $181.41 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $181.84 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $182.94 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicare $184.17 ↓ -82%
Cigna Medicare $184.17 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $186.13 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $187.57 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare $187.68 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $189.43 ↓ -81%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $195.01 ↓ -81%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $208.56 ↓ -79%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $231.39 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $244.01 ↓ -76%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $280.64 ↓ -72%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $337.80 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $337.80 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial $456.04 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $493.33 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $514.20 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $542.02 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $548.14 ↓ -46%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $658.71 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $663.78 ↓ -34%
Aetna ACO $663.78 ↓ -34%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $785.38 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $790.45 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $790.45 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $923.88 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $923.88 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $923.88 ↓ -9%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $1,097.85 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $1,105.96 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,182.30 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $1,276.88 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $1,435.65 ↑ +42%

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Braf gene at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $333.00 $143.18 – $318.41
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,392.00 $63.28 – $554.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $737.40 $53.00 – $983.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,013.40 $143.18 – $1,435.65
UPMC East Monroeville $1,392.00 $143.18 – $492.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,592.40 $143.18 – $318.41
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,392.00 $150.49 – $189.43
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,013.40 $143.18 – $280.64

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