Insert cannula vein-to-vein hemodialysis at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$6,966.60

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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$11,611.00

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.

$188.68 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $16,160.52 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $188.68 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $188.68 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $193.14 ↓ -97%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $202.35 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $216.41 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $253.19 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $434.67 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↓ -85%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $1,590.71 ↓ -77%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,322.20 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $2,322.20 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,653.62 ↓ -62%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $4,528.29 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $4,563.12 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $4,563.12 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $5,119.49 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $5,119.49 ↓ -27%
Humana Medicare $5,171.20 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medicare $5,393.56 ↓ -23%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $5,399.11 ↓ -23%
Geisinger Medicare $5,429.76 ↓ -22%
Cigna Medicare $5,429.76 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $5,433.95 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $5,433.95 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Medicare $5,533.18 ↓ -21%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $5,584.90 ↓ -20%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $6,351.22 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $6,351.22 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $6,351.22 ↓ -9%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $7,547.15 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $7,602.88 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $8,127.70 ↑ +17%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $8,273.92 ↑ +19%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $8,777.92 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial $9,056.58 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $9,869.35 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $14,544.52 ↑ +109%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $15,159.89 ↑ +118%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $16,160.52 ↑ +132%
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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Insert cannula vein-to-vein hemodialysis at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $6,966.60 $188.68 – $9,869.35
UPMC Hanover Hanover $6,966.60 $188.68 – $8,262.51
UPMC Lititz Lititz $6,966.60 $188.68 – $8,307.14
UPMC Memorial York $6,966.60 $188.68 – $8,293.65
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $6,414.00 $163.43 – $5,669.06
UPMC Somerset Somerset $6,966.60 $163.43 – $5,153.69

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