Ghs path - pap (papanicolau) smear - vagina at UPMC Carlisle
361 Alexander Spring Road, Carlisle, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1689107328
$75.00
Cash price 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.
$125.00
Gross charge 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.
$6.53 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $106.25 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $6.53 | ↓ -91% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $8.29 | ↓ -89% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $8.49 | ↓ -89% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $8.55 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $8.89 | ↓ -88% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $9.51 | ↓ -87% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $10.08 | ↓ -87% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $11.13 | ↓ -85% |
| Prime Net | Managed Medicare | $17.12 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $20.62 | ↓ -73% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $25.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage | $25.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Prime Net | Legacy Commercial | $48.75 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | ACO | $49.12 | ↓ -35% |
| Prime Net | ACO | $49.12 | ↓ -35% |
| Prime Net | NonGateKeeper | $58.12 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $58.50 | ↓ -22% |
| Prime Net | GateKeeper | $58.50 | ↓ -22% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $63.28 | ↓ -16% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Commercial | $68.38 | ↓ -9% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Commercial | $68.38 | ↓ -9% |
| Capital Blue Cross | CHIP | $68.38 | ↓ -9% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $68.48 | ↓ -9% |
| Wellspan Population Health | PPO | $81.25 | ↑ +8% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $81.85 | ↑ +9% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $87.50 | ↑ +17% |
| Prime Net | FH-Medical Rental | $94.50 | ↑ +26% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) | $106.25 | ↑ +42% |
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Ghs path - pap (papanicolau) smear - vagina at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $91.20 | $6.53 – $106.25 |
| UPMC Kane | Kane | $103.80 | $7.18 – $66.79 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $75.00 | $6.53 – $68.48 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | $75.00 | $6.53 – $130.16 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $91.20 | $6.53 – $60.47 |
| WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital | Chambersburg | $116.80 | $8.16 – $105.12 |
| WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital | Waynesboro | $116.80 | $6.89 – $118.72 |