Ultrasound doppler velocimetry fetal umbilical artery at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$257.40

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$429.00

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.

$28.20 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $589.04 with Cigna — 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

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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $28.20 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $58.08 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $58.08 ↓ -77%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $58.77 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $59.45 ↓ -77%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $62.28 ↓ -76%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $66.61 ↓ -74%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $77.93 ↓ -70%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $85.80 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $85.80 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $100.71 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $100.71 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare $101.73 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $106.10 ↓ -59%
Cigna Medicare $106.82 ↓ -59%
Geisinger Medicare $106.82 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Medicare $108.85 ↓ -58%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $109.87 ↓ -57%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $162.77 ↓ -37%
Premier Comp Solutions Worker's Comp $164.66 ↓ -36%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $164.66 ↓ -36%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $167.31 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $168.60 ↓ -34%
Aetna ACO $168.60 ↓ -34%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $199.49 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $200.77 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $200.77 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $234.66 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $234.66 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $234.66 ↓ -9%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $278.85 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $280.91 ↑ +9%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $286.13 ↑ +11%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $298.23 ↑ +16%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $300.30 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $315.74 ↑ +23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $317.92 ↑ +24%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $324.32 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $364.65 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $435.90 ↑ +69%
Cigna Commercial $589.04 ↑ +129%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ultrasound doppler velocimetry fetal umbilical artery at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $187.80 $21.53 – $250.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $459.60 $36.58 – $689.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $93.60 $43.24 – $157.34
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $257.40 $28.20 – $435.90
UPMC Hamot Erie $441.60 $50.30 – $166.40
UPMC Hanover Hanover $257.40 $28.20 – $164.66
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $179.40 $50.30 – $157.34
UPMC Jameson New Castle $179.40 $24.76 – $251.90

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