Warde adenosine deaminase pleural fluid at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$42.00

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$70.00

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.

$4.46 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $59.50 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

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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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $4.46 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $6.47 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $8.02 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $8.02 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare $8.10 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $8.38 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $8.45 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Medicare $8.51 ↓ -80%
Cigna Medicare $8.51 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare $8.67 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $8.75 ↓ -79%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $9.59 ↓ -77%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $12.96 ↓ -69%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $14.00 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $14.00 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial $21.08 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $22.78 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $23.75 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $25.31 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Commercial $27.07 ↓ -36%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $27.30 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $27.51 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $27.51 ↓ -35%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $32.55 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $32.76 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $32.76 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $38.29 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $38.29 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $38.29 ↓ -9%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $38.50 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $38.50 ↓ -8%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $45.50 ↑ +8%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $45.81 ↑ +9%
Geisinger Commercial $45.84 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $49.00 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $52.92 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $59.50 ↑ +42%

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Warde adenosine deaminase pleural fluid at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $87.60 $8.01 – $116.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $85.20 $2.92 – $127.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $30.60 $5.26 – $40.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $42.00 $6.47 – $59.50
UPMC East Monroeville $104.40 $8.01 – $139.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $87.00 $8.01 – $13.51
UPMC Northwest Seneca $54.00 $7.35 – $8.75
UPMC Hanover Hanover $42.00 $6.47 – $45.81

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