Dna probe gc at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$97.20

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.

$162.00

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.

$14.78 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $363.14 with United Healthcare — 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 $14.78 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $21.48 ↓ -78%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $22.19 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $26.61 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $26.61 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare $26.88 ↓ -72%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $27.80 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare $28.04 ↓ -71%
Geisinger Medicare $28.22 ↓ -71%
Cigna Medicare $28.22 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicare $28.76 ↓ -70%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $29.03 ↓ -70%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $32.40 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $32.40 ↓ -67%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $43.01 ↓ -56%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $63.18 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $63.67 ↓ -34%
Prime Net ACO $63.67 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial $69.88 ↓ -28%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $75.33 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $75.60 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $75.82 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $75.82 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $78.80 ↓ -19%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $84.00 ↓ -14%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $88.61 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $88.61 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $88.61 ↓ -9%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $89.10 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $89.10 ↓ -8%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $105.30 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $106.08 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $113.40 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $122.47 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $137.70 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $155.18 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Commercial $363.14 ↑ +274%

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Dna probe gc at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $180.60 $17.47 – $240.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $97.20 $21.48 – $155.18
UPMC Hanover Hanover $97.20 $21.48 – $155.18
UPMC Kane Kane $152.40 $26.57 – $116.01
UPMC Lititz Lititz $97.20 $21.48 – $155.18
UPMC Memorial York $97.20 $21.48 – $155.18
UPMC Somerset Somerset $97.20 $18.86 – $29.03
WellSpan Newberry Hospital Etters not published not published

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