Ins mark thor for right perq at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$4,211.40

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.

$7,019.00

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.

$719.89 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $7,801.00 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $719.89 ↓ -83%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $892.50 ↓ -79%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $961.60 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,295.81 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $1,295.81 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare $1,308.90 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare $1,365.18 ↓ -68%
Geisinger Medicare $1,374.35 ↓ -67%
Cigna Medicare $1,374.35 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,400.52 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,403.80 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $1,403.80 ↓ -67%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,413.61 ↓ -66%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $2,094.24 ↓ -50%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $2,737.41 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $2,758.47 ↓ -34%
Prime Net ACO $2,758.47 ↓ -34%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $3,263.84 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $3,284.89 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $3,284.89 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $3,681.41 ↓ -13%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $3,837.17 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $3,839.39 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $3,839.39 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $3,839.39 ↓ -9%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $3,860.45 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $3,860.45 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $4,090.44 ↓ -3%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $4,562.35 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $4,596.04 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $4,913.30 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $5,306.36 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $5,966.15 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $6,851.71 ↑ +63%
Cigna Commercial $7,801.00 ↑ +85%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital —

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Ins mark thor for right perq at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4,211.40 $892.50 – $6,851.71
UPMC Hanover Hanover $4,211.40 $892.50 – $6,851.71
UPMC Lititz Lititz $4,211.40 $892.50 – $6,851.71
UPMC Memorial York $4,211.40 $834.23 – $6,851.71
UPMC Somerset Somerset $4,211.40 $852.84 – $1,408.70

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