Cauterization chemical granulation tissue at UPMC Carlisle
361 Alexander Spring Road, Carlisle, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1689107328
$354.00
Cash price 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.
$590.00
Gross charge 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.
$32.79 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $594.02 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $32.79 | ↓ -91% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $32.79 | ↓ -91% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $33.57 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $33.82 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $35.17 | ↓ -90% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $37.61 | ↓ -89% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $44.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Prime Net | Managed Medicare | $80.83 | ↓ -77% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $83.21 | ↓ -76% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $118.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage | $118.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $188.18 | ↓ -47% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage | $188.18 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | Medicare | $190.08 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $198.25 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $199.58 | ↓ -44% |
| Geisinger | Medicare | $199.58 | ↓ -44% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $203.39 | ↓ -43% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $205.29 | ↓ -42% |
| Prime Net | Legacy Commercial | $230.10 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | ACO | $231.87 | ↓ -35% |
| Prime Net | ACO | $231.87 | ↓ -35% |
| Prime Net | NonGateKeeper | $274.35 | ↓ -23% |
| Prime Net | GateKeeper | $276.12 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $276.12 | ↓ -22% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $300.27 | ↓ -15% |
| Keystone Autism Services | ACAP | $304.13 | ↓ -14% |
| Capital Blue Cross | CHIP | $322.73 | ↓ -9% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Commercial | $322.73 | ↓ -9% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Commercial | $322.73 | ↓ -9% |
| Wellspan Population Health | PPO | $383.50 | ↑ +8% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $386.33 | ↑ +9% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $413.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Prime Net | FH-Medical Rental | $446.04 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $460.20 | ↑ +30% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) | $501.50 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue PPO | $534.62 | ↑ +51% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | CHIP - Managed Care | $557.24 | ↑ +57% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial | $594.02 | ↑ +68% |
| 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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Cauterization chemical granulation tissue at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $235.20 | $25.82 – $313.60 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $640.80 | $27.11 – $961.20 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $248.40 | $20.51 – $2,094.25 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $354.00 | $32.79 – $501.50 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $412.20 | $28.40 – $549.60 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $405.00 | $28.40 – $275.52 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $299.40 | $28.40 – $198.91 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $354.00 | $32.79 – $303.71 |