Strapping of hand or finger at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$204.60

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.

$341.00

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.

$31.25 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $289.85 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
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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 $31.25 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $45.93 ↓ -78%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $46.72 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $56.25 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $56.25 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare $56.82 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare $59.26 ↓ -71%
Geisinger Medicare $59.66 ↓ -71%
Cigna Medicare $59.66 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicare $60.80 ↓ -70%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $61.37 ↓ -70%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $68.20 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $68.20 ↓ -67%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $70.48 ↓ -66%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $90.91 ↓ -56%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $132.99 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $134.01 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $134.01 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $158.56 ↓ -23%
Prime Net GateKeeper $159.59 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $159.59 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $159.81 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $166.57 ↓ -19%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $177.57 ↓ -13%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $186.53 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $186.53 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $186.53 ↓ -9%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $187.55 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $187.55 ↓ -8%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $221.65 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $223.29 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $238.70 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $257.80 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial $265.98 ↑ +30%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $282.58 ↑ +38%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $289.85 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital —

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Strapping of hand or finger at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $220.20 $37.70 – $108.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $204.60 $45.93 – $289.85
UPMC Hanover Hanover $204.60 $45.93 – $282.58
UPMC Lititz Lititz $204.60 $45.93 – $282.58
UPMC Memorial York $204.60 $45.93 – $282.58
UPMC Somerset Somerset $204.60 $40.32 – $67.35

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