Duplex scan bilateral study 93985 at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$692.40

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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$1,154.00

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.

$158.10 with Prime Net vs $1,224.77 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
Prime Net Managed Medicare $158.10 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $227.90 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $228.92 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $228.92 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $230.80 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $230.80 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare $231.23 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare $241.17 ↓ -65%
Cigna Medicare $242.79 ↓ -65%
Geisinger Medicare $242.79 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare $247.42 ↓ -64%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $249.73 ↓ -64%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $260.65 ↓ -62%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $260.65 ↓ -62%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $266.81 ↓ -61%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $279.54 ↓ -60%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $298.95 ↓ -57%
Premier Comp Solutions Worker's Comp $325.01 ↓ -53%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $325.01 ↓ -53%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $349.77 ↓ -49%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $369.97 ↓ -47%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $450.06 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $453.52 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $453.52 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $536.61 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $540.07 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $540.07 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $631.24 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $631.24 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $631.24 ↓ -9%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $650.36 ↓ -6%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $677.87 ↓ -2%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $722.62 ↑ +4%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $750.10 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $755.64 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare Commercial $801.00 ↑ +16%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $807.80 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $807.80 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $872.42 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $980.90 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial $1,224.77 ↑ +77%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Duplex scan bilateral study 93985 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett $814.20 $83.15 – $1,221.30
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $692.40 $227.90 – $980.90
UPMC East Monroeville $791.40 $122.89 – $1,055.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $615.00 $121.73 – $345.98
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,662.00 $209.00 – $310.56
UPMC Hanover Hanover $692.40 $227.90 – $369.47
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,393.20 $206.32 – $310.56
UPMC Jameson New Castle $766.80 $123.88 – $310.56

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