Cad breast MRI w/r&i at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$150.60

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.

$251.00

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.

$34.39 with Prime Net vs $425.00 with Premier Comp Solutions — 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 $34.39 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $41.41 ↓ -73%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $50.20 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $50.20 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $97.89 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $98.64 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $98.64 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $116.72 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $117.47 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $117.47 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $137.30 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $137.30 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $137.30 ↓ -9%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $138.05 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $138.05 ↓ -8%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $163.15 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $164.35 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $175.70 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $175.70 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $184.74 ↑ +23%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $189.76 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial $195.78 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $213.35 ↑ +42%
Premier Comp Solutions Worker's Comp $425.00 ↑ +182%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Cad breast MRI w/r&i at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $150.60 $50.20 – $425.00
UPMC Hanover Hanover $150.60 $425.00 – $425.00
UPMC Lititz Lititz $150.60 $0.52 – $425.00
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $540.00 $0.57 – $0.57
UPMC Memorial York $150.60 $0.52 – $425.00
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $358.20 $149.25 – $507.45
UPMC Somerset Somerset $150.60 $87.85 – $188.25
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital Chambersburg $140.80 $126.72 – $126.72

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