Irrigation implantable venous access device for drug delivery systems at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$136.80

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$228.00

Gross charge

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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.

$24.74 with AmeriHealth Caritas 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

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 $24.74 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $24.74 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $25.32 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $25.52 ↓ -81%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $26.53 ↓ -81%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $28.37 ↓ -79%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $31.24 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $33.20 ↓ -76%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $44.63 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $45.60 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $45.60 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $56.25 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $56.25 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare $56.82 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare $59.26 ↓ -57%
Cigna Medicare $59.66 ↓ -56%
Geisinger Medicare $59.66 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Medicare $60.80 ↓ -56%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $61.37 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $85.57 ↓ -37%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $88.92 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $89.60 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $89.60 ↓ -35%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $90.91 ↓ -34%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $106.02 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $106.70 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $106.70 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $124.72 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $124.72 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $124.72 ↓ -9%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $148.20 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $149.29 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $159.60 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $159.81 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $166.57 ↑ +22%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $172.37 ↑ +26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $177.57 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial $177.84 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $193.80 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Commercial $399.00 ↑ +192%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Irrigation implantable venous access device for drug delivery systems at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $166.80 $19.48 – $222.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $149.40 $20.43 – $224.10
UPMC Cole Coudersport $112.20 $15.25 – $46.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $136.80 $24.74 – $193.80
UPMC East Monroeville $269.40 $21.43 – $359.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $158.40 $21.43 – $81.67
UPMC Northwest Seneca $147.60 $21.43 – $59.46
UPMC Hanover Hanover $136.80 $24.74 – $90.78

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