Tc-99m labeled rbc at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$590.40

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.

$984.00

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.

$134.33 with Cigna vs $836.40 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
Cigna Commercial $134.33 ↓ -77%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $134.81 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $162.36 ↓ -73%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $196.80 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $196.80 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $383.76 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $386.71 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $386.71 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $457.56 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $460.51 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $460.51 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $538.25 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $538.25 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $538.25 ↓ -9%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $541.20 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $541.20 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $606.14 ↑ +3%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $639.60 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $644.32 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $670.77 ↑ +14%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $688.80 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $743.90 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $836.40 ↑ +42%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Tc-99m labeled rbc at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $280.80 $142.83 – $670.77
UPMC Bedford Everett $336.60 $140.25 – $670.77
UPMC Cole Coudersport $271.20 $106.48 – $361.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $590.40 $116.06 – $836.40
UPMC East Monroeville $815.40 $105.45 – $1,087.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $330.60 $95.27 – $274.56
UPMC Hanover Hanover $590.40 $134.33 – $670.77
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,003.80 $105.45 – $670.77

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