Plcmt dlyd xtn pros 1st vsl at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$9,316.20

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.

$15,527.00

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.

$868.84 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $13,197.95 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $868.84 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,108.55 ↓ -88%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $2,127.20 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $2,561.95 ↓ -73%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $3,105.40 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,105.40 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $6,055.53 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $6,102.11 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $6,102.11 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $7,220.06 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $7,266.64 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $7,266.64 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $8,493.27 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $8,493.27 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $8,493.27 ↓ -9%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $8,539.85 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $8,539.85 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial $9,539.00 ↑ +2%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $10,092.55 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $10,167.08 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $10,868.90 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $10,868.90 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $11,738.41 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $13,197.95 ↑ +42%
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Plcmt dlyd xtn pros 1st vsl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,843.40 $522.34 – $3,791.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $9,316.20 $868.84 – $13,197.95
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,766.60 $522.34 – $1,946.45
UPMC Hanover Hanover $9,316.20 $868.84 – $1,108.55
UPMC Jameson New Castle $6,481.20 $531.56 – $1,059.28
UPMC Lititz Lititz $9,316.20 $845.05 – $1,108.55
UPMC Memorial York $9,316.20 $425.73 – $1,108.55
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $6,775.20 $527.32 – $1,231.72

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