Cdna analysis for variants at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$1,070.40

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.

$1,784.00

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.

$101.86 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $1,516.40 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 $101.86 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $147.99 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $183.35 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $183.35 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare $185.20 ↓ -83%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $191.56 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $193.16 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicare $194.46 ↓ -82%
Cigna Medicare $194.46 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare $198.16 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $200.02 ↓ -81%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $244.41 ↓ -77%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $296.32 ↓ -72%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $356.80 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $356.80 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial $481.52 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $520.89 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $542.93 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $578.77 ↓ -46%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $695.76 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $701.11 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $701.11 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $829.56 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $834.91 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $834.91 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $975.85 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $975.85 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $975.85 ↓ -9%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $978.04 ↓ -9%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $981.20 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $981.20 ↓ -8%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $1,159.60 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $1,168.16 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,248.80 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $1,348.70 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $1,516.40 ↑ +42%

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Cdna analysis for variants at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,277.60 $183.04 – $736.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $2,343.60 $66.82 – $1,841.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,117.20 $53.00 – $1,489.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,070.40 $147.99 – $1,516.40
UPMC East Monroeville $1,916.40 $183.04 – $814.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,339.20 $183.04 – $458.53
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,070.40 $147.99 – $978.04
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $2,882.40 $165.81 – $347.53

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