Cornea pre-cut midwest eye cornea pre-cut midwest eye at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$21,789.60

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.

$36,316.00

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.

$4,975.29 with Prime Net vs $30,868.60 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
Prime Net Managed Medicare $4,975.29 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $5,992.14 ↓ -73%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7,263.20 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $7,263.20 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $7,642.60 ↓ -65%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $11,730.07 ↓ -46%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $11,730.07 ↓ -46%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $11,730.07 ↓ -46%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $11,984.28 ↓ -45%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $11,984.28 ↓ -45%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $12,104.12 ↓ -44%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $13,800.08 ↓ -37%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $14,163.24 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $14,272.19 ↓ -34%
Prime Net ACO $14,272.19 ↓ -34%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $16,886.94 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $16,995.89 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $16,995.89 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Commercial $22,370.66 ↑ +3%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $23,605.40 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $23,779.72 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $25,421.20 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $27,454.90 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial $28,326.48 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $30,868.60 ↑ +42%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Cornea pre-cut midwest eye cornea pre-cut midwest eye at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $21,789.60 $7,263.20 – $30,868.60
UPMC East Monroeville $7,849.80 $3,270.75 – $10,466.40
UPMC Hanover Hanover $21,789.60 $7,642.60 – $7,642.60
UPMC Jameson New Castle $8,864.40 $1,448.30 – $7,642.60
UPMC Lititz Lititz $21,789.60 $1,448.30 – $7,642.60
UPMC Memorial York $21,789.60 $1,448.30 – $7,642.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $11,265.60 $6,034.92 – $6,034.92
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,200.00 $300.00 – $1,800.00

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