Doppler intravascular pressure flow initial vessel at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$3,046.80

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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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$5,078.00

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.

$566.50 with UPMC Work Partners vs $17,298.00 with Cigna — 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $566.50 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $594.38 ↓ -80%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $695.69 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $837.87 ↓ -73%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $1,015.60 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,015.60 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $1,980.42 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $1,995.65 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $1,995.65 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $2,361.27 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $2,376.50 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $2,376.50 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $2,777.67 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $2,777.67 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $2,777.67 ↓ -9%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2,792.90 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2,792.90 ↓ -8%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $3,300.70 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $3,325.07 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,554.60 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $3,838.97 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $4,316.30 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial $17,298.00 ↑ +468%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Doppler intravascular pressure flow initial vessel at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $904.20 $189.67 – $1,205.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $3,046.80 $566.50 – $4,316.30
UPMC East Monroeville $981.60 $191.48 – $1,308.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $537.00 $189.67 – $541.32
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,242.60 $492.27 – $719.26
UPMC Hanover Hanover $3,046.80 $566.50 – $594.38
UPMC Jameson New Castle $526.80 $186.18 – $541.32
UPMC Lititz Lititz $3,046.80 $186.18 – $594.38

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