Epoetin alfa in ns IV syringe 100 unit/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$641.40

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.

$1,069.00

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.

$4.52 with Prime Net vs $32.36 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) — 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 $4.52 ↓ -99%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $6.60 ↓ -99%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.60 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $8.45 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $8.45 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare $8.54 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $8.54 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $8.54 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $8.54 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $8.71 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $8.91 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicare $8.97 ↓ -99%
Cigna Medicare $8.97 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare $9.14 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $9.22 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $9.40 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $10.51 ↓ -98%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $10.59 ↓ -98%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $10.59 ↓ -98%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $10.59 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial $12.53 ↓ -98%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $12.87 ↓ -98%
Aetna ACO $12.97 ↓ -98%
Prime Net ACO $12.97 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $13.44 ↓ -98%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $13.66 ↓ -98%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $15.35 ↓ -98%
Aetna Commercial $15.44 ↓ -98%
Prime Net GateKeeper $15.44 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Commercial $20.33 ↓ -97%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $21.45 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Commercial $21.61 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $23.10 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $24.02 ↓ -96%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $24.95 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $25.04 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $26.69 ↓ -96%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $28.05 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $32.36 ↓ -95%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Epoetin alfa in ns IV syringe 100 unit/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $102.40 $5.39 – $52.12
UPMC Bedford Everett $80.80 $3.08 – $259.81
UPMC Cole Coudersport $2,661.60 $8.54 – $384.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $641.40 $6.60 – $32.36
UPMC East Monroeville $153.60 $5.39 – $144.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $122.40 $5.39 – $59.94
UPMC Northwest Seneca $111.20 $5.39 – $109.17
UPMC Hanover Hanover $641.40 $8.45 – $32.36

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