Mayo dhea (dehydroepiandrosterone) at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$127.80

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.

$213.00

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.

$12.10 with United Healthcare vs $181.05 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
United Healthcare Commercial $12.10 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $21.00 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $25.02 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $25.02 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare $25.27 ↓ -80%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $26.14 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $26.36 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicare $26.53 ↓ -79%
Cigna Medicare $26.53 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $26.67 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare $27.04 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $27.29 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $27.30 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $27.51 ↓ -78%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $28.60 ↓ -78%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $29.18 ↓ -77%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $30.59 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $35.79 ↓ -72%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $40.43 ↓ -68%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $42.60 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $42.60 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial $65.72 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $71.07 ↓ -44%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $74.08 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $78.97 ↓ -38%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $83.07 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $83.71 ↓ -34%
Aetna ACO $83.71 ↓ -34%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $99.05 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $99.68 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $99.68 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $116.51 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $116.51 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $116.51 ↓ -9%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $133.28 ↑ +4%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $138.45 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $139.47 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $149.10 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $161.03 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $181.05 ↑ +42%

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Mayo dhea (dehydroepiandrosterone) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $272.40 $21.00 – $363.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $125.40 $9.12 – $188.10
UPMC Cole Coudersport $175.80 $16.43 – $234.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $127.80 $21.00 – $181.05
UPMC East Monroeville $378.00 $21.00 – $504.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $373.80 $21.00 – $48.85
UPMC Northwest Seneca $166.20 $22.92 – $27.29
UPMC Hanover Hanover $127.80 $12.10 – $40.43

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