Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$116.40

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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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$194.00

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.

$26.58 with Prime Net vs $228.71 with UPMC Work Partners — 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 $26.58 ↓ -77%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $38.80 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $38.80 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $50.60 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $50.60 ↓ -57%
Humana Medicare $51.11 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare $53.31 ↓ -54%
Geisinger Medicare $53.67 ↓ -54%
Cigna Medicare $53.67 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $54.05 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $54.69 ↓ -53%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $55.20 ↓ -53%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $75.66 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $76.24 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $76.24 ↓ -35%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $81.78 ↓ -30%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $90.21 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $90.79 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $90.79 ↓ -22%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $92.08 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial $103.20 ↓ -11%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $106.12 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $106.12 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $106.12 ↓ -9%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $116.94 ↑ +0%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $119.70 ↑ +3%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $125.41 ↑ +8%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $126.10 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $127.03 ↑ +9%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $134.12 ↑ +15%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $135.80 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $142.74 ↑ +23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $143.75 ↑ +23%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $146.66 ↑ +26%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $149.83 ↑ +29%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $156.92 ↑ +35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $159.72 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $164.90 ↑ +42%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $228.71 ↑ +96%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $177.60 $41.26 – $236.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $591.60 $18.38 – $887.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $128.40 $42.51 – $218.54
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $265.20 $38.80 – $228.71
UPMC East Monroeville $776.40 $39.27 – $1,035.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $375.00 $23.43 – $218.54
UPMC Northwest Seneca $316.20 $39.63 – $218.54
UPMC Hanover Hanover $116.40 $50.53 – $228.71

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