Inj, levothyroxine, freskabi at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$10.20

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.

$17.00

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.

$1.92 with Prime Net vs $21.34 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 $1.92 ↓ -81%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2.80 ↓ -73%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $2.80 ↓ -73%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $4.49 ↓ -56%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $4.49 ↓ -56%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $4.49 ↓ -56%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $5.46 ↓ -46%
Aetna ACO $5.50 ↓ -46%
Prime Net ACO $5.50 ↓ -46%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $5.70 ↓ -44%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $6.51 ↓ -36%
Prime Net GateKeeper $6.55 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial $6.55 ↓ -36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $6.76 ↓ -34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $6.76 ↓ -34%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $6.83 ↓ -33%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $6.83 ↓ -33%
Humana Medicare $6.83 ↓ -33%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $6.83 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $6.97 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare $7.12 ↓ -30%
Cigna Medicare $7.17 ↓ -30%
Geisinger Medicare $7.17 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Medicare $7.31 ↓ -28%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $7.38 ↓ -28%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $7.51 ↓ -26%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $8.40 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Commercial $8.62 ↓ -15%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $9.10 ↓ -11%
Geisinger Commercial $9.17 ↓ -10%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $9.80 ↓ -4%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $10.58 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial $10.92 ↑ +7%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $10.93 ↑ +7%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $11.90 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $19.21 ↑ +88%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $20.02 ↑ +96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $21.34 ↑ +109%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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