Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe cns pathogen 12-25 targets at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$3,829.20

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.

$6,382.00

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.

$66.89 with United Healthcare vs $5,424.70 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 Commercial $66.89 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $229.23 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $333.05 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $412.61 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $412.61 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare $416.78 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $431.07 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $434.70 ↓ -89%
Cigna Medicare $437.62 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicare $437.62 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare $445.95 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $450.12 ↓ -88%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $666.85 ↓ -83%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $874.33 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial $1,083.64 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $1,172.24 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $1,221.83 ↓ -68%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $1,276.40 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,276.40 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $1,302.48 ↓ -66%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,479.29 ↓ -35%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $2,488.98 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $2,508.13 ↓ -34%
Prime Net ACO $2,508.13 ↓ -34%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $2,967.63 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $2,986.78 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $2,986.78 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $3,490.95 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $3,490.95 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $3,490.95 ↓ -9%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $3,510.10 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $3,510.10 ↓ -8%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $4,148.30 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $4,178.93 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $4,467.40 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $4,824.79 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $5,424.70 ↑ +42%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe cns pathogen 12-25 targets at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,824.00 $370.76 – $2,432.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $2,193.00 $150.37 – $3,289.50
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $3,829.20 $333.05 – $5,424.70
UPMC East Monroeville $1,408.80 $374.29 – $1,878.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,920.60 $370.76 – $450.12
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,298.60 $377.98 – $450.12
UPMC Hanover Hanover $3,829.20 $66.89 – $2,479.29
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,402.80 $373.14 – $599.50

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