Plc pq device breast ea addl lesion Ultrasound guide at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$969.00

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.

$1,615.00

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.

$43.15 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $9,539.00 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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $43.15 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $44.17 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $44.51 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $45.87 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $46.28 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $49.50 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $57.91 ↓ -94%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $221.25 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $266.48 ↓ -72%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $323.00 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $323.00 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $410.09 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $539.69 ↓ -44%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $629.85 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $634.70 ↓ -34%
Aetna ACO $634.70 ↓ -34%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $750.98 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $755.82 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $755.82 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $883.40 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $883.40 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $883.40 ↓ -9%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $1,049.75 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $1,057.50 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,130.50 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $1,220.94 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $1,372.75 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial $9,539.00 ↑ +884%
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Plc pq device breast ea addl lesion Ultrasound guide at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $592.20 $33.98 – $789.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $3,631.80 $35.68 – $5,447.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $76.80 $35.48 – $771.51
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $969.00 $44.51 – $1,372.75
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,438.20 $37.38 – $515.71
UPMC Hanover Hanover $969.00 $43.15 – $539.69
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,337.40 $35.68 – $526.81
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,337.40 $37.18 – $515.71

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