Injection anesthetic agent(s) and/or steroid genicular nerve branches w/guidance (both sides) at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$1,420.80

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.

$2,368.00

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.

$263.41 with UPMC Work Partners vs $3,397.00 with Cigna — 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $263.41 ↓ -81%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $324.42 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $364.36 ↓ -74%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $473.60 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $473.60 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $514.90 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $655.86 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $655.86 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare $662.48 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare $690.97 ↓ -51%
Geisinger Medicare $695.60 ↓ -51%
Cigna Medicare $695.60 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Medicare $708.85 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $715.48 ↓ -50%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $923.52 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $930.62 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $930.62 ↓ -35%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $1,059.97 ↓ -25%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $1,101.12 ↓ -23%
Prime Net GateKeeper $1,108.22 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $1,108.22 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $1,295.30 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $1,295.30 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $1,295.30 ↓ -9%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,302.40 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,302.40 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,530.87 ↑ +8%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $1,539.20 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $1,550.57 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,657.60 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $1,790.21 ↑ +26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $1,863.29 ↑ +31%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $1,942.13 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $2,012.80 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $2,070.32 ↑ +46%
Cigna Commercial $3,397.00 ↑ +139%
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Injection anesthetic agent(s) and/or steroid genicular nerve branches w/guidance (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $320.40 $81.96 – $427.20
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UPMC Lititz Lititz $1,420.80 $263.41 – $1,530.87

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