Debridement (>20 cm) charge pt at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$483.60

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.

$806.00

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.

$14.68 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $685.10 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $14.68 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $14.68 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $15.03 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $15.14 ↓ -97%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $15.74 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $16.84 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $19.70 ↓ -96%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $110.42 ↓ -77%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $113.46 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $132.99 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Commercial $148.00 ↓ -69%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $161.20 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $161.20 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $176.40 ↓ -64%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $314.34 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $316.76 ↓ -34%
Aetna ACO $316.76 ↓ -34%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $374.79 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $377.21 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $377.21 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $387.00 ↓ -20%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $440.88 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $440.88 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $440.88 ↓ -9%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $523.90 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $527.77 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $564.20 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $609.34 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $685.10 ↑ +42%

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Debridement (>20 cm) charge pt at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $248.40 $11.56 – $331.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $244.80 $9.98 – $94.55
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $483.60 $14.68 – $685.10
UPMC Hamot Erie $451.20 $12.72 – $109.39
UPMC Northwest Seneca $341.40 $12.72 – $283.91
UPMC Hanover Hanover $483.60 $14.68 – $113.46
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $316.20 $12.14 – $212.81
UPMC Jameson New Castle $200.40 $12.72 – $111.32

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