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Ultrasound ob >=14wks ea addl gest at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$976.80

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.

$1,628.00

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.

$55.82 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $1,383.80 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $55.82 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $94.12 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $94.12 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $96.34 ↓ -90%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $100.94 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $107.95 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $126.30 ↓ -87%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $223.04 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $268.62 ↓ -73%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $325.60 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $325.60 ↓ -67%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $630.06 ↓ -35%
Premier Comp Solutions Worker's Comp $630.06 ↓ -35%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $634.92 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $639.80 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $639.80 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $757.02 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $761.90 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $761.90 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $890.52 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $890.52 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $890.52 ↓ -9%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $942.09 ↓ -4%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $1,058.20 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $1,066.01 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,139.60 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,198.21 ↑ +23%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $1,230.77 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial $1,269.84 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $1,383.80 ↑ +42%

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Ultrasound ob >=14wks ea addl gest at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett $705.60 $77.82 – $1,058.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,906.20 $81.52 – $2,700.45
UPMC Muncy Muncy $309.00 $54.54 – $653.91
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,759.20 $81.52 – $2,492.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $976.80 $49.00 – $1,221.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,555.20 $81.52 – $2,203.20
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $373.60 $54.54 – $602.06
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $309.00 $54.54 – $653.91

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