Pet CT whole body initial at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$5,639.40

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.

$9,399.00

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.

$800.00 with OneCall vs $7,989.15 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
OneCall Worker's Comp $800.00 ↓ -86%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $1,287.66 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $1,550.84 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,581.50 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1,663.22 ↓ -71%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1,663.22 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $1,702.51 ↓ -70%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $1,783.70 ↓ -68%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,879.80 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $1,879.80 ↓ -67%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,907.59 ↓ -66%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2,231.85 ↓ -60%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,913.12 ↓ -48%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $3,665.61 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $3,693.81 ↓ -34%
Aetna ACO $3,693.81 ↓ -34%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $4,370.53 ↓ -23%
Prime Net GateKeeper $4,398.73 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $4,398.73 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $5,141.25 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $5,141.25 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $5,141.25 ↓ -9%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $6,109.35 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $6,154.47 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $6,579.30 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $6,917.66 ↑ +23%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $7,105.64 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial $7,584.17 ↑ +34%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $7,989.15 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Pet CT whole body initial at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $6,894.60 $1,207.25 – $9,192.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $8,079.60 $1,375.10 – $10,772.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $5,639.40 $1,581.50 – $18,069.18
UPMC Northwest Seneca $12,895.20 $808.81 – $1,506.06
UPMC Hanover Hanover $5,639.40 $800.00 – $7,584.17
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $10,151.40 $811.41 – $2,609.44
UPMC Kane Kane $6,019.80 $1,440.58 – $6,865.29
UPMC Lititz Lititz $5,639.40 $800.00 – $7,584.17

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