Removal tunnled intprtnl cath at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$10,505.40

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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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$17,509.00

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.

$425.35 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $14,882.65 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

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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $425.35 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $425.35 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $435.40 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $456.16 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $487.84 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $565.04 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $570.77 ↓ -95%
Premier Comp Solutions Worker's Comp $929.34 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $929.34 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↓ -90%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $2,398.73 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $2,980.85 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $2,980.85 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare $3,010.96 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare $3,140.43 ↓ -70%
Cigna Medicare $3,161.51 ↓ -70%
Geisinger Medicare $3,161.51 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,221.73 ↓ -69%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,251.84 ↓ -69%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,501.80 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $3,501.80 ↓ -67%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $4,817.54 ↓ -54%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $6,828.51 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $6,881.04 ↓ -34%
Prime Net ACO $6,881.04 ↓ -34%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $8,141.69 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $8,194.21 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $8,194.21 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $8,468.63 ↓ -19%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $8,826.93 ↓ -16%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $9,409.55 ↓ -10%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $9,577.42 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $9,577.42 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $9,577.42 ↓ -9%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $11,380.85 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $11,464.89 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $12,256.30 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $12,886.62 ↑ +23%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $13,236.80 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial $13,657.02 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $14,882.65 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Removal tunnled intprtnl cath at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $5,356.80 $334.92 – $7,142.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $619.20 $286.07 – $888.04
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $10,505.40 $425.35 – $6,225.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,014.80 $368.41 – $4,364.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,192.00 $266.92 – $3,150.80
UPMC Hanover Hanover $10,505.40 $425.35 – $4,810.90
UPMC Lititz Lititz $10,505.40 $425.35 – $4,836.88
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $3,558.60 $349.84 – $3,240.82

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