Therapy nutrition individual initial f2f w/patient each 15 minutes at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$50.40

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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.

$84.00

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.

$11.51 with Prime Net vs $115.00 with United Healthcare — 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
Prime Net Managed Medicare $11.51 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $13.86 ↓ -73%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $16.80 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.80 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $25.99 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $26.43 ↓ -48%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $32.76 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $33.01 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $33.01 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $39.06 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $39.31 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $39.31 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $45.95 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $45.95 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $45.95 ↓ -9%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $46.20 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $46.20 ↓ -8%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $54.60 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $55.00 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $58.80 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $63.50 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial $65.52 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $71.40 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Commercial $115.00 ↑ +128%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Therapy nutrition individual initial f2f w/patient each 15 minutes at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $27.00 $12.97 – $36.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $27.00 $11.25 – $40.50
UPMC Cole Coudersport $109.20 $26.43 – $145.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $50.40 $16.80 – $81.12
UPMC East Monroeville $27.00 $11.25 – $36.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $27.00 $12.97 – $81.11
UPMC Northwest Seneca $27.00 $31.99 – $33.67
UPMC Hanover Hanover $50.40 $25.99 – $115.00

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