Dilate urethra stricture at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$534.00

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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.

$890.00

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.

$25.40 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $1,016.56 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families — 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 $25.40 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $25.40 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $26.00 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $27.24 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $29.13 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $34.08 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $118.94 ↓ -78%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $121.93 ↓ -77%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $178.00 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $178.00 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $230.33 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $230.33 ↓ -57%
Humana Medicare $232.66 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare $242.66 ↓ -55%
Geisinger Medicare $244.29 ↓ -54%
Cigna Medicare $244.29 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $248.95 ↓ -53%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $251.27 ↓ -53%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $347.10 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $349.77 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $349.77 ↓ -35%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $372.26 ↓ -30%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $413.85 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $416.52 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $416.52 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $486.83 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $486.83 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $486.83 ↓ -9%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $578.50 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $582.77 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $623.00 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $634.70 ↑ +19%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $654.38 ↑ +23%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $672.84 ↑ +26%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $682.07 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial $694.20 ↑ +30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $727.09 ↑ +36%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $756.50 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↑ +90%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Dilate urethra stricture at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $534.00 $25.40 – $1,016.56
UPMC East Monroeville $840.60 $22.00 – $1,120.80
UPMC Hanover Hanover $534.00 $25.40 – $1,016.56
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $813.00 $22.00 – $318.88
UPMC Jameson New Castle $424.20 $22.00 – $892.40
UPMC Lititz Lititz $534.00 $25.40 – $1,016.56
UPMC Memorial York $534.00 $25.40 – $1,016.56
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $682.20 $22.00 – $255.06

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