Puncture arterial withdrawal blood for diagnosis at UPMC Carlisle
361 Alexander Spring Road, Carlisle, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1689107328
$248.40
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.
$414.00
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.
$16.51 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $387.00 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.
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 | $16.51 | ↓ -93% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $16.51 | ↓ -93% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $16.90 | ↓ -93% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $17.03 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $17.71 | ↓ -93% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $18.94 | ↓ -92% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $22.15 | ↓ -91% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $35.13 | ↓ -86% |
| Prime Net | Managed Medicare | $56.72 | ↓ -77% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $67.42 | ↓ -73% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage | $82.80 | ↓ -67% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $82.80 | ↓ -67% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $122.08 | ↓ -51% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage | $122.08 | ↓ -51% |
| Humana | Medicare | $123.31 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $128.61 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $129.48 | ↓ -48% |
| Geisinger | Medicare | $129.48 | ↓ -48% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $131.94 | ↓ -47% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $133.17 | ↓ -46% |
| Prime Net | Legacy Commercial | $161.46 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | ACO | $162.70 | ↓ -35% |
| Prime Net | ACO | $162.70 | ↓ -35% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $163.00 | ↓ -34% |
| Prime Net | NonGateKeeper | $192.51 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $193.75 | ↓ -22% |
| Prime Net | GateKeeper | $193.75 | ↓ -22% |
| Keystone Autism Services | ACAP | $197.30 | ↓ -21% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Commercial | $226.46 | ↓ -9% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Commercial | $226.46 | ↓ -9% |
| Capital Blue Cross | CHIP | $226.46 | ↓ -9% |
| Wellspan Population Health | PPO | $269.10 | ↑ +8% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $271.09 | ↑ +9% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $289.80 | ↑ +17% |
| Prime Net | FH-Medical Rental | $312.98 | ↑ +26% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue PPO | $346.82 | ↑ +40% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) | $351.90 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | CHIP - Managed Care | $361.50 | ↑ +46% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial | $385.36 | ↑ +55% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $387.00 | ↑ +56% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Puncture arterial withdrawal blood for diagnosis at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $82.80 | $13.00 – $110.40 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $114.60 | $13.00 – $171.90 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $103.20 | $13.65 – $771.51 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $248.40 | $16.51 – $220.15 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $183.60 | $13.00 – $244.80 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $91.20 | $13.00 – $153.18 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $43.80 | $14.30 – $129.03 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $248.40 | $16.51 – $197.02 |