Emg needle test 1-extremity at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$222.60

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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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$371.00

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.

$22.93 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $385.36 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $22.93 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $38.10 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $38.10 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $39.00 ↓ -82%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $40.86 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $43.70 ↓ -80%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $50.83 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $51.13 ↓ -77%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $74.20 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $74.20 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $122.08 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $122.08 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare $123.31 ↓ -45%
Aetna Medicare $128.61 ↓ -42%
Geisinger Medicare $129.48 ↓ -42%
Cigna Medicare $129.48 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Medicare $131.94 ↓ -41%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $133.17 ↓ -40%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $144.69 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $145.80 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $145.80 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $172.51 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $173.63 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $173.63 ↓ -22%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $180.82 ↓ -19%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $197.30 ↓ -11%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $202.94 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $202.94 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $202.94 ↓ -9%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $204.90 ↓ -8%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $241.15 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $242.93 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $259.70 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $280.48 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial $289.38 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $315.35 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Commercial $319.00 ↑ +43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $346.82 ↑ +56%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $361.50 ↑ +62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $385.36 ↑ +73%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Emg needle test 1-extremity at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $122.40 $25.78 – $195.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $222.60 $22.93 – $315.35
UPMC Hamot Erie $249.60 $33.00 – $199.07
UPMC Hanover Hanover $222.60 $22.93 – $204.82
UPMC Lititz Lititz $222.60 $22.93 – $204.90
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $178.20 $33.00 – $199.07
UPMC Memorial York $222.60 $22.93 – $204.82
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $568.20 $33.00 – $200.79

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