Inj vasopressin (am reg) 1 u at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$30.00

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$50.00

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.

$0.61 with PA Health & Wellness vs $42.50 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

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
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $0.61 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $0.61 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $0.61 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $0.62 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial $0.65 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $0.67 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $0.75 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Commercial $3.23 ↓ -89%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $6.85 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $8.25 ↓ -73%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $10.00 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $10.00 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $16.05 ↓ -47%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $16.05 ↓ -47%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $16.05 ↓ -47%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $19.50 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $19.65 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $19.65 ↓ -35%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $20.36 ↓ -32%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $23.25 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $23.40 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $23.40 ↓ -22%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $32.50 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $32.74 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $35.00 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $37.80 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $42.50 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Inj vasopressin (am reg) 1 u at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $30.00 $0.61 – $42.50
UPMC Hanover Hanover $30.00 $0.61 – $3.23
UPMC Lititz Lititz $30.00 $0.61 – $3.23
UPMC Memorial York $30.00 $0.61 – $3.23
UPMC Somerset Somerset $30.00 $0.54 – $1.05

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →