Gardner vag dna quant at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$232.80

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.

$388.00

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.

$22.97 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $329.80 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $22.97 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $33.37 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $41.34 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $41.34 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare $41.76 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $43.19 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $43.56 ↓ -81%
Geisinger Medicare $43.85 ↓ -81%
Cigna Medicare $43.85 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare $44.68 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $45.10 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Commercial $52.00 ↓ -78%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $53.16 ↓ -77%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $66.82 ↓ -71%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $77.60 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $77.60 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial $108.56 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $117.45 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $122.42 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $130.50 ↓ -44%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $151.32 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $152.48 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $152.48 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $180.42 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $181.58 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $181.58 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $212.24 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $212.24 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $212.24 ↓ -9%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $213.40 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $213.40 ↓ -8%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $252.20 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $254.06 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $271.60 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $293.33 ↑ +26%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $308.00 ↑ +32%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $329.80 ↑ +42%

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Gardner vag dna quant at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $544.80 $41.27 – $726.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $615.60 $15.07 – $923.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $192.60 $27.14 – $256.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $232.80 $33.37 – $329.80
UPMC Hanover Hanover $232.80 $33.37 – $308.00
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $325.80 $37.39 – $78.36
UPMC Jameson New Castle $289.80 $29.29 – $112.76
UPMC Lititz Lititz $232.80 $33.37 – $308.00

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