Prolactin at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$98.40

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.

$164.00

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.

$19.19 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $139.40 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $19.19 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $19.19 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare $19.38 ↓ -80%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $20.04 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $20.21 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicare $20.35 ↓ -79%
Cigna Medicare $20.35 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare $20.74 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $20.93 ↓ -79%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $22.47 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $24.00 ↓ -76%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $30.48 ↓ -69%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $31.01 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $31.20 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $31.44 ↓ -68%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $32.69 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $32.80 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $32.80 ↓ -67%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $34.96 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Commercial $39.70 ↓ -60%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $40.90 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial $50.40 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $54.51 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $56.81 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $60.56 ↓ -38%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $63.96 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $64.45 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $64.45 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $76.26 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $76.75 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $76.75 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $89.71 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $89.71 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $89.71 ↓ -9%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $106.60 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $107.39 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $114.80 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $116.03 ↑ +18%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $123.98 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $139.40 ↑ +42%

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Prolactin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $208.20 $19.15 – $277.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $100.20 $6.99 – $150.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $132.60 $12.60 – $176.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $98.40 $19.19 – $139.40
UPMC East Monroeville $288.60 $19.15 – $384.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $354.60 $19.15 – $37.44
UPMC Northwest Seneca $102.00 $17.58 – $27.60
UPMC Hanover Hanover $98.40 $19.19 – $32.69

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