Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation each separate additional episode same site at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$132.00

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$220.00

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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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$6.50 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $187.00 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

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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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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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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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $6.50 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial $18.76 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $19.26 ↓ -85%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $30.14 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $36.30 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $43.73 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $44.00 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $44.00 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $85.80 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $86.46 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $86.46 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $102.30 ↓ -23%
Prime Net GateKeeper $102.96 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $102.96 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $120.34 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $120.34 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $120.34 ↓ -9%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $121.00 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $121.00 ↓ -8%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $143.00 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $144.06 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $154.00 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $166.32 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $187.00 ↑ +42%

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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation each separate additional episode same site at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $57.60 $11.58 – $76.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $80.40 $5.37 – $120.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $132.00 $6.50 – $187.00
UPMC East Monroeville $35.40 $5.30 – $47.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $66.60 $9.62 – $41.79
UPMC Northwest Seneca $75.60 $5.35 – $41.79
UPMC Hanover Hanover $132.00 $6.50 – $43.73
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $39.60 $5.37 – $41.79

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