Placement localization device(s) breast percutaneous mammographic guide ea addl lesion left at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$1,930.80

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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.

$3,218.00

Gross charge

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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.

$49.95 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $9,539.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $49.95 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $51.13 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $51.52 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $53.10 ↓ -97%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $53.57 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $57.29 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $67.03 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $235.26 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $335.16 ↓ -83%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $440.87 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $530.97 ↓ -73%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $643.60 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $643.60 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $1,255.02 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $1,264.67 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $1,264.67 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $1,496.37 ↓ -23%
Prime Net GateKeeper $1,506.02 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $1,506.02 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $1,760.25 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $1,760.25 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $1,760.25 ↓ -9%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $2,091.70 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $2,107.15 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,252.60 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $2,432.81 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $2,735.30 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial $9,539.00 ↑ +394%
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Placement localization device(s) breast percutaneous mammographic guide ea addl lesion left at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $670.80 $39.33 – $894.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $120.60 $41.30 – $771.51
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,930.80 $51.52 – $2,735.30
UPMC East Monroeville $1,322.40 $43.26 – $1,763.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,438.20 $43.26 – $224.80
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,930.80 $49.95 – $235.26
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,180.80 $43.18 – $224.80
UPMC Kane Kane $433.20 $43.26 – $713.52

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