Radiation physics consult at UPMC Carlisle
361 Alexander Spring Road, Carlisle, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1689107328
$744.00
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.
$1,240.00
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.
$62.23 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $26,132.00 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 | $62.23 | ↓ -92% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $62.23 | ↓ -92% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $63.70 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $64.19 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $66.74 | ↓ -91% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $71.37 | ↓ -90% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $83.51 | ↓ -89% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage | $125.74 | ↓ -83% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $125.74 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | Medicare | $127.01 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $132.47 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $133.36 | ↓ -82% |
| Geisinger | Medicare | $133.36 | ↓ -82% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $135.90 | ↓ -82% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $137.17 | ↓ -82% |
| Prime Net | Managed Medicare | $169.88 | ↓ -77% |
| Keystone Autism Services | ACAP | $203.22 | ↓ -73% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $248.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage | $248.00 | ↓ -67% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $259.87 | ↓ -65% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue PPO | $357.23 | ↓ -52% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | CHIP - Managed Care | $372.34 | ↓ -50% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial | $396.92 | ↓ -47% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $410.14 | ↓ -45% |
| Prime Net | Legacy Commercial | $483.60 | ↓ -35% |
| Prime Net | ACO | $487.32 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | ACO | $487.32 | ↓ -35% |
| Prime Net | NonGateKeeper | $576.60 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $580.32 | ↓ -22% |
| Prime Net | GateKeeper | $580.32 | ↓ -22% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $665.27 | ↓ -11% |
| Capital Blue Cross | CHIP | $678.28 | ↓ -9% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Commercial | $678.28 | ↓ -9% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Commercial | $678.28 | ↓ -9% |
| Wellspan Population Health | PPO | $806.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $811.95 | ↑ +9% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $868.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Prime Net | FH-Medical Rental | $937.44 | ↑ +26% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) | $1,054.00 | ↑ +42% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $26,132.00 | ↑ +3412% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Radiation physics consult at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $473.40 | $49.00 – $631.20 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $744.00 | $62.23 – $1,054.00 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $552.60 | $53.90 – $736.80 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $413.40 | $53.90 – $252.32 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $403.20 | $53.90 – $252.32 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $744.00 | $62.23 – $259.87 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $570.60 | $53.90 – $273.52 |
| UPMC McKeesport | Mckeesport | $478.80 | $53.90 – $273.52 |