MRI breast without cont bi at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$480.60

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.

$801.00

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.

$109.74 with Prime Net vs $1,224.77 with Cigna — 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
Prime Net Managed Medicare $109.74 ↓ -77%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $160.20 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $160.20 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $174.32 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $228.92 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $228.92 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare $231.23 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare $241.17 ↓ -50%
Cigna Medicare $242.79 ↓ -49%
Geisinger Medicare $242.79 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare $247.42 ↓ -49%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $249.73 ↓ -48%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $251.21 ↓ -48%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $251.21 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $257.14 ↓ -46%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $269.40 ↓ -44%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $288.12 ↓ -40%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $312.39 ↓ -35%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $313.45 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $314.79 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $314.79 ↓ -35%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $337.09 ↓ -30%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $369.97 ↓ -23%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $372.46 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $374.87 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $374.87 ↓ -22%
Premier Comp Solutions Worker's Comp $425.00 ↓ -12%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $438.15 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $438.15 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $438.15 ↓ -9%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $520.65 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $524.49 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $560.70 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $589.54 ↑ +23%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $605.56 ↑ +26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $650.36 ↑ +35%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $677.87 ↑ +41%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $680.85 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $703.14 ↑ +46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $722.62 ↑ +50%
Cigna Commercial $1,224.77 ↑ +155%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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MRI breast without cont bi at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,316.80 $101.58 – $4,422.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $2,153.40 $207.69 – $2,871.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $480.60 $160.20 – $703.14
UPMC Hamot Erie $6,276.00 $101.58 – $345.98
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,913.60 $209.00 – $299.52
UPMC Hanover Hanover $480.60 $174.32 – $425.00
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $5,664.00 $197.63 – $299.52
UPMC Lititz Lititz $480.60 $174.32 – $425.00

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