Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 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

$793.80

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.

$1,323.00

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.

$84.24 with United Healthcare vs $1,124.55 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 $84.24 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $141.07 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $141.20 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $141.20 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare $142.63 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $147.52 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $148.76 ↓ -81%
Cigna Medicare $149.76 ↓ -81%
Geisinger Medicare $149.76 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare $152.61 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $154.04 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $179.16 ↓ -77%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $181.25 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $183.39 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $184.80 ↓ -77%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $192.14 ↓ -76%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $205.48 ↓ -74%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $228.21 ↓ -71%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $240.41 ↓ -70%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $264.60 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $264.60 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial $370.84 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $401.16 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $418.13 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $445.73 ↓ -44%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $515.97 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $519.94 ↓ -34%
Prime Net ACO $519.94 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $594.72 ↓ -25%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $615.20 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $619.16 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $619.16 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $723.68 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $723.68 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $723.68 ↓ -9%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $859.95 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $866.30 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $926.10 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $1,000.19 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $1,124.55 ↑ +42%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $745.80 $140.96 – $994.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $924.60 $51.46 – $1,386.90
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $793.80 $141.07 – $1,124.55
UPMC East Monroeville $667.20 $140.96 – $889.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $838.20 $140.96 – $196.07
UPMC Northwest Seneca $951.60 $129.35 – $162.23
UPMC Hanover Hanover $793.80 $84.24 – $228.21
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $505.20 $127.70 – $243.12

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