Opn exc/dstr ntra-abd 5 cm/< at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$6,780.00

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.

$11,300.00

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.

$1,248.41 with UPMC Work Partners vs $9,605.00 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,248.41 ↓ -82%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $1,548.10 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $1,864.50 ↓ -73%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,260.00 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $2,260.00 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $4,407.00 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $4,440.90 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $4,440.90 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $5,254.50 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $5,288.40 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $5,288.40 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $6,181.10 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $6,181.10 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $6,181.10 ↓ -9%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $6,215.00 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $6,215.00 ↓ -8%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $7,345.00 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $7,399.24 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $7,910.00 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $7,910.00 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $8,542.80 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial $9,539.00 ↑ +41%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $9,605.00 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital —

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Opn exc/dstr ntra-abd 5 cm/< at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $6,780.00 $1,052.00 – $4,471.00
UPMC Hanover Hanover $6,780.00 $1,248.41 – $1,248.41
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $8,245.80 $846.15 – $1,192.92
UPMC Lititz Lititz $6,780.00 $1,161.92 – $1,248.41
UPMC Memorial York $6,780.00 $354.49 – $1,248.41
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $15,525.00 $439.08 – $1,516.93
UPMC Somerset Somerset $6,780.00 $430.54 – $1,192.92

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