Replace tunneled cv 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

$4,273.80

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.

$7,123.00

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.

$253.14 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $9,409.55 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $253.14 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $259.12 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $269.08 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $271.47 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $290.33 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $339.68 ↓ -92%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $975.85 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↓ -76%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,019.93 ↓ -76%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $1,424.60 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,424.60 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $2,777.97 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $2,799.34 ↓ -34%
Aetna ACO $2,799.34 ↓ -34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $2,980.85 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $2,980.85 ↓ -30%
Humana Medicare $3,010.96 ↓ -30%
Aetna Medicare $3,140.43 ↓ -27%
Cigna Medicare $3,161.51 ↓ -26%
Geisinger Medicare $3,161.51 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,221.73 ↓ -25%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,251.84 ↓ -24%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $3,312.20 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $3,333.56 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $3,333.56 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $3,896.28 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $3,896.28 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $3,896.28 ↓ -9%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $4,629.95 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $4,664.14 ↑ +9%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $4,817.54 ↑ +13%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $4,986.10 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial $5,035.00 ↑ +18%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $5,176.98 ↑ +21%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $5,384.99 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $6,054.55 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $8,468.63 ↑ +98%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $8,826.93 ↑ +107%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $9,409.55 ↑ +120%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Replace tunneled cv cath at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4,273.80 $269.08 – $6,054.55
UPMC Hanover Hanover $4,273.80 $253.14 – $4,810.90
UPMC Lititz Lititz $4,273.80 $253.14 – $4,836.88
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $4,495.20 $219.25 – $3,240.82
UPMC Memorial York $4,273.80 $253.14 – $4,829.02
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,812.40 $219.25 – $3,300.84
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,921.80 $219.25 – $3,300.84
UPMC Somerset Somerset $4,273.80 $219.25 – $3,000.76

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