Warde 3008005 oligoclonal bands at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$138.60

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.

$231.00

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.

$15.00 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $196.35 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $15.00 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Commercial $16.52 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $19.05 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $19.50 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $19.65 ↓ -86%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $20.43 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $21.85 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $25.56 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $27.12 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $27.12 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare $27.39 ↓ -80%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $28.33 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $28.57 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicare $28.76 ↓ -79%
Cigna Medicare $28.76 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare $29.31 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $29.58 ↓ -79%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $31.65 ↓ -77%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $43.82 ↓ -68%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $46.20 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $46.20 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial $71.20 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $77.04 ↓ -44%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $80.30 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $85.60 ↓ -38%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $90.09 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $90.78 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $90.78 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $107.42 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $108.11 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $108.11 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $126.36 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $126.36 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $126.36 ↓ -9%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $150.15 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $151.26 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $161.70 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $167.78 ↑ +21%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $174.64 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $196.35 ↑ +42%

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Warde 3008005 oligoclonal bands at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $184.20 $15.00 – $245.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $303.00 $9.88 – $454.50
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $138.60 $15.00 – $196.35
UPMC East Monroeville $397.80 $15.00 – $530.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $165.00 $15.00 – $54.65
UPMC Northwest Seneca $138.00 $16.50 – $28.76
UPMC Hanover Hanover $138.60 $15.00 – $43.82
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $212.40 $15.00 – $51.40

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