Bx pancreas pq ndl at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$2,080.80

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.

$3,468.00

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.

$475.12 with Prime Net vs $4,843.75 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 $475.12 ↓ -77%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $628.82 ↓ -70%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $693.60 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $693.60 ↓ -67%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $852.47 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↓ -51%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $1,352.52 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $1,362.92 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $1,362.92 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $1,534.45 ↓ -26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,534.45 ↓ -26%
Humana Medicare $1,549.95 ↓ -26%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $1,612.62 ↓ -23%
Aetna Medicare $1,616.60 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $1,623.02 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $1,623.02 ↓ -22%
Geisinger Medicare $1,627.45 ↓ -22%
Cigna Medicare $1,627.45 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,658.45 ↓ -20%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,673.95 ↓ -20%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,731.02 ↓ -17%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $1,897.00 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $1,897.00 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $1,897.00 ↓ -9%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,907.40 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,907.40 ↓ -8%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $2,254.20 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $2,270.85 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,427.60 ↑ +17%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $2,479.92 ↑ +19%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $2,621.81 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $2,947.80 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial $3,397.00 ↑ +63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $4,359.39 ↑ +110%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $4,543.83 ↑ +118%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $4,843.75 ↑ +133%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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