CT neck soft tissue without contrast at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$796.80

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.

$1,328.00

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.

$30.55 with Prime Net vs $877.07 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 $30.55 ↓ -96%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $44.60 ↓ -94%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $44.60 ↓ -94%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $86.97 ↓ -89%
Aetna ACO $87.64 ↓ -89%
Prime Net ACO $87.64 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $100.71 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $100.71 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare $101.73 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $103.49 ↓ -87%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $103.69 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial $104.36 ↓ -87%
Prime Net GateKeeper $104.36 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $106.10 ↓ -87%
Cigna Medicare $106.82 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicare $106.82 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare $108.85 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $109.87 ↓ -86%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $121.98 ↓ -85%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $121.98 ↓ -85%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $121.98 ↓ -85%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $144.95 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Commercial $146.02 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $156.10 ↓ -80%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $162.77 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Commercial $164.13 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $167.00 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $167.00 ↓ -79%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $168.59 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $170.95 ↓ -79%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $179.10 ↓ -78%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $189.55 ↓ -76%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $191.54 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $224.10 ↓ -72%
OneCall Worker's Comp $250.00 ↓ -69%
Premier Comp Solutions Worker's Comp $280.00 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $286.13 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $298.23 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $317.92 ↓ -60%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $584.67 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial $589.04 ↓ -26%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $877.07 ↑ +10%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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CT neck soft tissue without contrast at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,050.00 $79.00 – $1,400.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $741.00 $36.58 – $1,111.50
UPMC Cole Coudersport $742.20 $138.07 – $989.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $796.80 $44.60 – $877.07
UPMC East Monroeville $1,863.00 $101.65 – $2,484.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,464.60 $117.01 – $609.71
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,226.40 $91.94 – $577.46
UPMC Hanover Hanover $796.80 $100.57 – $604.32

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