2nd order venous cath at UPMC Hanover
300 Highland Avenue, Hanover, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1730158981
$5,530.80
Cash price 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.
$9,218.00
Gross charge 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.
$145.41 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $9,539.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $145.41 | ↓ -97% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $148.85 | ↓ -97% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $150.00 | ↓ -97% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $154.57 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $155.95 | ↓ -97% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $166.78 | ↓ -97% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $195.13 | ↓ -96% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $582.15 | ↓ -89% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage | $1,751.42 | ↓ -68% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $1,751.42 | ↓ -68% |
| Prime Net | Managed Medicare | $2,230.76 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $3,263.17 | ↓ -41% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $5,151.05 | ↓ -7% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $6,035.95 | ↑ +9% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Commercial | $6,264.55 | ↑ +13% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Commercial | $6,264.55 | ↑ +13% |
| Capital Blue Cross | CHIP | $6,264.55 | ↑ +13% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $6,452.60 | ↑ +17% |
| CareFirst | Commercial | $7,835.30 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) | $7,835.30 | ↑ +42% |
| Wellspan Population Health | Commercial | $8,019.66 | ↑ +45% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $9,539.00 | ↑ +72% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ACO | not published by hospital | — |
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2nd order venous cath at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $10,650.60 | $114.50 – $14,200.80 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $5,530.80 | $145.41 – $9,539.00 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $5,583.60 | $145.41 – $7,835.30 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $8,284.80 | $125.95 – $11,046.40 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $6,946.20 | $125.95 – $1,631.43 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $9,776.40 | $125.95 – $4,234.19 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $5,530.80 | $145.41 – $575.25 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $9,424.80 | $125.95 – $1,646.97 |