Ecg external < 48 hours recording at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$752.40

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,254.00

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.

$23.18 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $1,097.00 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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $23.18 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $23.18 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $23.73 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $23.91 ↓ -97%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $24.86 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $26.58 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $31.10 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $111.70 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $119.67 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $122.08 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $122.08 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare $123.31 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $128.61 ↓ -83%
Cigna Medicare $129.48 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Medicare $129.48 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare $131.94 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $133.17 ↓ -82%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $171.80 ↓ -77%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $197.30 ↓ -74%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $250.80 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $250.80 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $346.82 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $361.50 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $385.36 ↓ -49%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $489.06 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $492.82 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $492.82 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $583.11 ↓ -23%
Prime Net GateKeeper $586.87 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $586.87 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $685.94 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $685.94 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $685.94 ↓ -9%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $815.10 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $821.12 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $877.80 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $948.02 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial $978.12 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $1,065.90 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,097.00 ↑ +46%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Ecg external < 48 hours recording at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
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UPMC Bedford Everett $425.40 $19.16 – $638.10
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UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $752.40 $23.18 – $261.80
UPMC East Monroeville $430.80 $20.07 – $574.40
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UPMC Northwest Seneca $235.80 $20.07 – $129.03
UPMC Hanover Hanover $752.40 $23.18 – $197.02

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