Drain thigh/knee lesion 27301 at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$7,173.60

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$11,956.00

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.

$112.39 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $10,162.60 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 $112.39 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $112.39 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $115.05 ↓ -98%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $120.54 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $128.91 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $150.82 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $729.76 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↓ -86%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $1,637.97 ↓ -77%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,391.20 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $2,391.20 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,638.66 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $2,710.51 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $2,710.51 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare $2,737.89 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare $2,855.62 ↓ -60%
Geisinger Medicare $2,874.78 ↓ -60%
Cigna Medicare $2,874.78 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Medicare $2,929.54 ↓ -59%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $2,956.92 ↓ -59%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $4,380.62 ↓ -39%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $4,662.84 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $4,698.71 ↓ -34%
Prime Net ACO $4,698.71 ↓ -34%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $5,559.54 ↓ -23%
Prime Net GateKeeper $5,595.41 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $5,595.41 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $6,539.93 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $6,539.93 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $6,539.93 ↓ -9%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $7,700.59 ↑ +7%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $7,771.40 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $7,828.79 ↑ +9%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $8,026.40 ↑ +12%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $8,369.20 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $8,556.18 ↑ +19%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $9,038.74 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial $9,325.68 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $10,162.60 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Drain thigh/knee lesion 27301 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $7,173.60 $112.39 – $10,162.60
UPMC East Monroeville $4,321.20 $97.35 – $5,761.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $5,296.20 $97.35 – $3,968.58
UPMC Northwest Seneca $5,469.60 $97.35 – $2,865.05
UPMC Hanover Hanover $7,173.60 $112.39 – $4,374.59
UPMC Lititz Lititz $7,173.60 $112.39 – $4,398.21
UPMC Memorial York $7,173.60 $112.39 – $4,391.07
UPMC Muncy Muncy $5,397.60 $97.35 – $993.28

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