Duplex scan unilateral study 93986 at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$375.60

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.

$626.00

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.

$85.76 with Prime Net vs $589.04 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 $85.76 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $100.71 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $100.71 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare $101.73 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare $106.10 ↓ -72%
Cigna Medicare $106.82 ↓ -72%
Geisinger Medicare $106.82 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicare $108.85 ↓ -71%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $109.87 ↓ -71%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $125.20 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $125.20 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $129.73 ↓ -65%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $151.38 ↓ -60%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $151.38 ↓ -60%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $154.96 ↓ -59%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $162.35 ↓ -57%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $162.77 ↓ -57%
Premier Comp Solutions Worker's Comp $165.16 ↓ -56%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $165.16 ↓ -56%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $173.63 ↓ -54%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $203.14 ↓ -46%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $244.14 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $246.02 ↓ -34%
Aetna ACO $246.02 ↓ -34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $286.13 ↓ -24%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $291.09 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $292.97 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $292.97 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $298.23 ↓ -21%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $317.92 ↓ -15%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $342.42 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $342.42 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $342.42 ↓ -9%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $406.90 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $409.90 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $438.20 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $438.20 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $460.74 ↑ +23%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $473.26 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $532.10 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial $589.04 ↑ +57%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Duplex scan unilateral study 93986 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $493.80 $76.53 – $658.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $406.20 $36.58 – $609.30
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $375.60 $103.55 – $532.10
UPMC East Monroeville $395.40 $77.26 – $527.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $615.00 $76.53 – $179.75
UPMC Northwest Seneca $831.00 $91.94 – $157.82
UPMC Hanover Hanover $375.60 $100.57 – $165.16
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $697.20 $90.77 – $185.61

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