Mayo analysis gene smn1 dosage/deletion at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$792.60

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,321.00

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.

$109.60 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $1,122.85 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 $109.60 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $135.63 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $135.63 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare $137.00 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $139.19 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $141.70 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $142.48 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $142.89 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $143.58 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicare $143.85 ↓ -82%
Cigna Medicare $143.85 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare $146.59 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $147.96 ↓ -81%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $149.28 ↓ -81%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $159.64 ↓ -80%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $180.98 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $186.78 ↓ -76%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $219.20 ↓ -72%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $264.20 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $264.20 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial $356.20 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $385.33 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $401.63 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $428.14 ↓ -46%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $515.19 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $519.15 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $519.15 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $614.26 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $618.23 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $618.23 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $722.59 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $722.59 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $722.59 ↓ -9%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $858.65 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $864.99 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $924.70 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $998.68 ↑ +26%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,004.36 ↑ +27%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $1,122.85 ↑ +42%

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Mayo analysis gene smn1 dosage/deletion at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,430.60 $83.66 – $489.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $2,547.60 $49.43 – $556.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $792.60 $109.60 – $1,122.85
UPMC East Monroeville $2,547.60 $84.46 – $494.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,301.40 $83.66 – $152.33
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,547.60 $120.56 – $147.96
UPMC Hanover Hanover $792.60 $109.60 – $219.20
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,261.80 $109.60 – $152.33

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