Injection carpal tunnel therapeutic (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

$596.40

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$994.00

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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.

$63.22 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $882.47 with Highmark BCBS of PA — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $63.22 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $63.22 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $64.71 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $65.21 ↓ -89%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $67.80 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $72.51 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $84.84 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $121.59 ↓ -80%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $136.18 ↓ -77%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $198.80 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $198.80 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $279.56 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $279.56 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $282.38 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare $294.52 ↓ -51%
Cigna Medicare $296.50 ↓ -50%
Geisinger Medicare $296.50 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare $302.15 ↓ -49%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $304.97 ↓ -49%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $387.66 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $390.64 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $390.64 ↓ -35%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $451.81 ↓ -24%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $462.21 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $465.19 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $465.19 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $543.72 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $543.72 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $543.72 ↓ -9%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $544.10 ↓ -9%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $646.10 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $650.87 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $695.80 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $751.46 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial $775.32 ↑ +30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $794.22 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $827.83 ↑ +39%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $844.90 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $882.47 ↑ +48%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Injection carpal tunnel therapeutic (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $293.40 $49.78 – $391.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $621.00 $52.27 – $931.50
UPMC Cole Coudersport $86.40 $18.57 – $116.19
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $596.40 $63.22 – $844.90
UPMC Hanover Hanover $596.40 $63.22 – $451.20
UPMC Kane Kane $471.60 $54.76 – $344.20
UPMC Lititz Lititz $596.40 $63.22 – $453.63
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $642.00 $54.76 – $303.94

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