Bx perianal mass at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$2,348.40

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.

$3,914.00

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.

$49.84 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,326.90 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
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $49.84 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $479.69 ↓ -80%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $536.22 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $664.08 ↓ -72%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $782.80 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $782.80 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $863.44 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $863.44 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare $872.16 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare $909.66 ↓ -61%
Cigna Medicare $915.77 ↓ -61%
Geisinger Medicare $915.77 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare $933.21 ↓ -60%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $941.93 ↓ -60%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $1,395.46 ↓ -41%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $1,526.46 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $1,538.20 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $1,538.20 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $1,820.01 ↓ -23%
Prime Net GateKeeper $1,831.75 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $1,831.75 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $2,140.96 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $2,140.96 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $2,140.96 ↓ -9%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2,152.70 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2,152.70 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $2,453.04 ↑ +4%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $2,544.10 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $2,556.82 ↑ +9%
Geisinger Commercial $2,562.89 ↑ +9%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $2,725.59 ↑ +16%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,739.80 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $2,958.98 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial $3,052.92 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $3,326.90 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp 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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Bx perianal mass at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $120.00 $18.59 – $938.75
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,348.40 $49.84 – $3,326.90
UPMC East Monroeville $106.20 $18.77 – $938.75
UPMC Hamot Erie $117.00 $18.59 – $1,264.19
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,348.40 $49.84 – $1,393.54
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $666.60 $27.92 – $938.75
UPMC Lititz Lititz $2,348.40 $49.84 – $1,401.06
UPMC Memorial York $2,348.40 $15.15 – $1,398.78

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