Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push same substance/drug at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$108.00

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.

$180.00

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.

$24.66 with Prime Net vs $399.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $24.66 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $29.70 ↓ -73%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $36.00 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $36.00 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $70.20 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $70.74 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $70.74 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $83.70 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $84.24 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $84.24 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $98.46 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $98.46 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $98.46 ↓ -9%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $99.00 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $99.00 ↓ -8%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $117.00 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $117.86 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $124.49 ↑ +15%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $126.00 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $136.08 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial $140.40 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $153.00 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Commercial $399.00 ↑ +269%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push same substance/drug at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $184.20 $7.92 – $245.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $125.40 $21.96 – $188.10
UPMC Cole Coudersport $111.00 $10.93 – $61.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $108.00 $13.18 – $153.00
UPMC East Monroeville $236.40 $7.99 – $315.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $158.40 $7.92 – $62.16
UPMC Northwest Seneca $136.20 $20.55 – $150.64
UPMC Hanover Hanover $108.00 $124.49 – $399.00

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