Esophageal dilat s&i at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$504.60

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.

$841.00

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.

$107.90 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $714.85 with Multiplan — 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 $107.90 ↓ -79%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $115.22 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $137.66 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $137.66 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare $138.76 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $140.91 ↓ -72%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $147.63 ↓ -71%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $157.88 ↓ -69%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $168.20 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $168.20 ↓ -67%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $184.72 ↓ -63%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $327.99 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $330.51 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $330.51 ↓ -35%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $348.14 ↓ -31%
Premier Comp Solutions Worker's Comp $348.14 ↓ -31%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $391.06 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $393.59 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $393.59 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $460.03 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $460.03 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $460.03 ↓ -9%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $539.22 ↑ +7%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $546.65 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $550.69 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $588.70 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $618.98 ↑ +23%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $635.80 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial $655.98 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $714.85 ↑ +42%

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Esophageal dilat s&i at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $504.60 $107.90 – $737.72
UPMC East Monroeville $936.00 $119.23 – $1,248.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $974.40 $119.23 – $364.06
UPMC Hanover Hanover $504.60 $107.90 – $353.42
UPMC Lititz Lititz $504.60 $97.05 – $348.14
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $694.80 $106.75 – $364.06
UPMC Memorial York $504.60 $97.05 – $761.25
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,091.40 $119.23 – $370.35

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