Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$85.80

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.

$143.00

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.

$9.28 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $136.81 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 $9.28 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $13.48 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $16.70 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $16.70 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare $16.87 ↓ -80%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $17.44 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $17.60 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicare $17.71 ↓ -79%
Cigna Medicare $17.71 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare $18.05 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $18.22 ↓ -79%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $19.59 ↓ -77%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $26.99 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Commercial $28.09 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $28.60 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $28.60 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial $43.88 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $47.45 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $49.46 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $52.72 ↓ -39%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $55.77 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $56.20 ↓ -34%
Prime Net ACO $56.20 ↓ -34%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $66.50 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $66.92 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $66.92 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $78.22 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $78.22 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $78.22 ↓ -9%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $78.65 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $78.65 ↓ -8%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $92.95 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $93.64 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $100.10 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $108.11 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $121.55 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $136.81 ↑ +59%

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Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $222.60 $16.67 – $296.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $100.20 $6.09 – $150.30
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $85.80 $13.48 – $136.81
UPMC East Monroeville $345.00 $16.67 – $460.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $337.20 $16.67 – $44.78
UPMC Northwest Seneca $276.00 $15.30 – $18.22
UPMC Hanover Hanover $85.80 $13.48 – $136.81
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $149.40 $15.10 – $31.66

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