Pulse ox single at UPMC Carlisle
361 Alexander Spring Road, Carlisle, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1689107328
$98.40
Cash price 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 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.
$2.51 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $613.00 with United Healthcare — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $2.51 | ↓ -97% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $2.51 | ↓ -97% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $2.57 | ↓ -97% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $2.59 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $2.70 | ↓ -97% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $2.88 | ↓ -97% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $3.37 | ↓ -97% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $20.02 | ↓ -80% |
| Prime Net | Managed Medicare | $22.47 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $27.06 | ↓ -73% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $29.46 | ↓ -70% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $32.80 | ↓ -67% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage | $32.80 | ↓ -67% |
| Prime Net | Legacy Commercial | $63.96 | ↓ -35% |
| Prime Net | ACO | $64.45 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | ACO | $64.45 | ↓ -35% |
| Prime Net | NonGateKeeper | $76.26 | ↓ -23% |
| Prime Net | GateKeeper | $76.75 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $76.75 | ↓ -22% |
| Capital Blue Cross | CHIP | $89.71 | ↓ -9% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Commercial | $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% |
| Prime Net | FH-Medical Rental | $123.98 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $127.92 | ↑ +30% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) | $139.40 | ↑ +42% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $613.00 | ↑ +523% |
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Pulse ox single at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $59.40 | $1.98 – $79.20 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $27.00 | $2.08 – $40.50 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $20.40 | $2.08 – $27.20 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $98.40 | $2.51 – $139.40 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $36.00 | $2.18 – $48.00 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $55.80 | $2.18 – $20.49 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $33.00 | $2.18 – $19.37 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $98.40 | $2.51 – $613.00 |