Dactinomycin 0.5 mg intravenous solution at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$1,624.80

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$2,708.00

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.

$68.50 with Prime Net vs $1,026.10 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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

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 $68.50 ↓ -96%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $100.00 ↓ -94%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $100.00 ↓ -94%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $160.50 ↓ -90%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $160.50 ↓ -90%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $160.50 ↓ -90%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $195.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna ACO $196.50 ↓ -88%
Prime Net ACO $196.50 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $203.60 ↓ -87%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $232.50 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial $234.00 ↓ -86%
Prime Net GateKeeper $234.00 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Commercial $308.00 ↓ -81%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $325.00 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $325.06 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $325.06 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Commercial $327.40 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $328.34 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $328.34 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare $328.34 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $328.34 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $334.90 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare $342.46 ↓ -79%
Cigna Medicare $344.76 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicare $344.76 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $350.00 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare $351.32 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $354.61 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $361.17 ↓ -78%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $378.00 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $403.86 ↓ -75%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $425.00 ↓ -74%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $525.34 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $923.49 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $943.15 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $962.56 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $1,026.10 ↓ -37%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Dactinomycin 0.5 mg intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $808.20 $25.35 – $1,077.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,624.80 $42.22 – $425.00
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,624.80 $325.06 – $525.34
UPMC Lititz Lititz $1,624.80 $325.06 – $525.34
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $880.80 $25.60 – $354.61
UPMC Memorial York $1,624.80 $20.66 – $525.34
UPMC Muncy Muncy $2,879.40 $328.34 – $361.17
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $166.20 $25.60 – $361.17

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