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X-ray nose to rectum for foreign body child at UPMC Carlisle

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

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

$188.40

Cash price

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$314.00

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.

$11.40 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $419.44 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
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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 $11.40 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $18.41 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $18.41 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $18.85 ↓ -90%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $19.75 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $21.12 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $24.71 ↓ -87%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $43.02 ↓ -77%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $62.80 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $62.80 ↓ -67%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $70.60 ↓ -63%
Premier Comp Solutions Worker's Comp $70.60 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $83.39 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $83.39 ↓ -56%
Humana Medicare $84.23 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare $87.85 ↓ -53%
Cigna Medicare $88.44 ↓ -53%
Geisinger Medicare $88.44 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $90.13 ↓ -52%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $90.97 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $113.06 ↓ -40%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $122.46 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO $123.40 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $123.40 ↓ -35%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $134.77 ↓ -28%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $146.01 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $146.95 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $146.95 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $171.76 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $171.76 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $171.76 ↓ -9%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $204.10 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $205.61 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $219.80 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $231.10 ↑ +23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $236.91 ↑ +26%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $237.38 ↑ +26%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $246.93 ↑ +31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $263.23 ↑ +40%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $266.90 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial $419.44 ↑ +123%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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X-ray nose to rectum for foreign body child at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $172.20 $8.70 – $229.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $108.00 $15.22 – $162.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $108.60 $15.95 – $153.85
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $456.60 $15.95 – $684.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $243.00 $11.14 – $324.00
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $419.40 $15.95 – $594.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $490.20 $10.44 – $694.45
UPMC Somerset Somerset $188.40 $10.01 – $235.50

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