Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr at UPMC Carlisle
361 Alexander Spring Road, Carlisle, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1689107328
$189.60
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.
$316.00
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.
$14.57 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $268.60 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.
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 | $14.57 | ↓ -92% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $21.17 | ↓ -89% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage | $26.23 | ↓ -86% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $26.23 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | Medicare | $26.49 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $27.63 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $27.81 | ↓ -85% |
| Geisinger | Medicare | $27.81 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $28.34 | ↓ -85% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $28.61 | ↓ -85% |
| Keystone Autism Services | ACAP | $42.38 | ↓ -78% |
| Prime Net | Managed Medicare | $43.29 | ↓ -77% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $63.20 | ↓ -67% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage | $63.20 | ↓ -67% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue PPO | $74.51 | ↓ -61% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | CHIP - Managed Care | $77.66 | ↓ -59% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial | $82.78 | ↓ -56% |
| Prime Net | Legacy Commercial | $123.24 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | ACO | $124.19 | ↓ -34% |
| Prime Net | ACO | $124.19 | ↓ -34% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $143.53 | ↓ -24% |
| Prime Net | NonGateKeeper | $146.94 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $147.89 | ↓ -22% |
| Prime Net | GateKeeper | $147.89 | ↓ -22% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Commercial | $172.85 | ↓ -9% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Commercial | $172.85 | ↓ -9% |
| Capital Blue Cross | CHIP | $172.85 | ↓ -9% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $173.80 | ↓ -8% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $173.80 | ↓ -8% |
| Wellspan Population Health | PPO | $205.40 | ↑ +8% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $206.92 | ↑ +9% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $221.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Prime Net | FH-Medical Rental | $238.90 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $246.48 | ↑ +30% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) | $268.60 | ↑ +42% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
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Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $99.00 | $27.01 – $132.00 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $78.00 | $9.56 – $117.00 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $189.60 | $21.17 – $156.40 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $78.00 | $26.56 – $104.00 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $84.00 | $24.02 – $28.61 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $189.60 | $21.17 – $143.53 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $78.00 | $23.72 – $49.71 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $78.00 | $18.58 – $72.20 |