Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/inf a&b/rsv at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$210.00

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.

$350.00

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.

$47.95 with Prime Net vs $445.73 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $47.95 ↓ -77%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $70.00 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $70.00 ↓ -67%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $112.86 ↓ -46%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $136.50 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $137.55 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $137.55 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $141.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $141.20 ↓ -33%
Humana Medicare $142.63 ↓ -32%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $143.33 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $146.72 ↓ -30%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $147.52 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $147.85 ↓ -30%
Aetna Medicare $148.76 ↓ -29%
Geisinger Medicare $149.76 ↓ -29%
Cigna Medicare $149.76 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Medicare $152.61 ↓ -27%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $153.72 ↓ -27%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $154.04 ↓ -27%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $162.75 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $163.80 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $163.80 ↓ -22%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $164.39 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Commercial $171.12 ↓ -19%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $191.45 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $191.45 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $191.45 ↓ -9%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $192.34 ↓ -8%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $227.50 ↑ +8%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $228.21 ↑ +9%
Geisinger Commercial $229.18 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $235.20 ↑ +12%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $245.00 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $264.60 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial $273.00 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $297.50 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $401.16 ↑ +91%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $418.13 ↑ +99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $445.73 ↑ +112%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/inf a&b/rsv at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $210.00 $112.86 – $280.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $210.00 $51.46 – $315.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $196.80 $53.00 – $262.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $210.00 $70.00 – $297.50
UPMC East Monroeville $210.00 $109.66 – $280.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $210.00 $112.86 – $265.12
UPMC Northwest Seneca $210.00 $124.15 – $154.04
UPMC Hanover Hanover $210.00 $112.86 – $228.21

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