Insertion catheter bladder temporary simple at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$640.20

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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.

$1,067.00

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.

$34.94 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $906.95 with Multiplan — 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 $34.94 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $34.94 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $35.76 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $36.04 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $37.47 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $40.07 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $46.88 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $122.08 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $122.08 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare $123.31 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $128.61 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Medicare $129.48 ↓ -80%
Cigna Medicare $129.48 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare $131.94 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $133.17 ↓ -79%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $146.18 ↓ -77%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $175.40 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $186.98 ↓ -71%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $197.30 ↓ -69%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $213.40 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $213.40 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $346.82 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $361.50 ↓ -44%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $385.36 ↓ -40%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $416.13 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $419.33 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $419.33 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $496.15 ↓ -23%
Prime Net GateKeeper $499.36 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $499.36 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $583.65 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $583.65 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $583.65 ↓ -9%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $693.55 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $698.67 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $746.90 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $806.65 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial $832.26 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $906.95 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Insertion catheter bladder temporary simple at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $347.40 $27.51 – $463.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $416.40 $28.89 – $624.60
UPMC Cole Coudersport $405.00 $26.96 – $167.61
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $640.20 $34.94 – $220.15
UPMC East Monroeville $720.00 $30.26 – $960.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $717.00 $30.26 – $178.73
UPMC Northwest Seneca $538.20 $30.26 – $167.61
UPMC Hanover Hanover $640.20 $34.94 – $197.02

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