Thyrotropin alfa 0.9 mg intramuscular solution at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$1,186.20

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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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$1,977.00

Gross charge

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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.

$270.85 with Prime Net vs $6,613.71 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

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

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 $270.85 ↓ -77%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $395.40 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $395.40 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $634.62 ↓ -46%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $634.62 ↓ -46%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $634.62 ↓ -46%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $771.03 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $776.96 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $776.96 ↓ -35%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $805.03 ↓ -32%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $919.30 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $925.24 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $925.24 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,217.83 ↑ +3%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $1,285.05 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $1,294.54 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,383.90 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $1,494.61 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $1,680.45 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $2,095.16 ↑ +77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $2,095.16 ↑ +77%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2,116.32 ↑ +78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $2,116.32 ↑ +78%
Humana Medicare $2,116.32 ↑ +78%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2,116.32 ↑ +78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $2,158.65 ↑ +82%
Aetna Medicare $2,207.32 ↑ +86%
Cigna Medicare $2,222.14 ↑ +87%
Geisinger Medicare $2,222.14 ↑ +87%
United Healthcare Medicare $2,264.46 ↑ +91%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $2,285.63 ↑ +93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $2,327.96 ↑ +96%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,603.08 ↑ +119%
Cigna Commercial $2,849.85 ↑ +140%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $3,386.11 ↑ +185%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $5,952.36 ↑ +402%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $6,204.20 ↑ +423%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $6,613.71 ↑ +458%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Thyrotropin alfa 0.9 mg intramuscular solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $6,097.60 $294.40 – $6,097.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $6,332.80 $763.57 – $7,124.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,864.20 $500.35 – $2,116.32
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,186.20 $395.40 – $2,603.08
UPMC East Monroeville $19,696.80 $297.20 – $26,262.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,949.60 $294.40 – $2,285.63
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,186.20 $2,095.16 – $3,386.11
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $5,934.00 $1,157.65 – $2,285.63

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