Abd/low ext cath 3rd at UPMC Hanover

300 Highland Avenue, Hanover, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1730158981

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$4,321.20

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.

$7,202.00

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.

$943.65 with UPMC Work Partners 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.

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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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $943.65 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↓ -76%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,368.38 ↓ -68%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $1,368.38 ↓ -68%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $1,742.88 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $2,549.51 ↓ -41%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3,906.62 ↓ -10%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $3,961.10 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $3,961.10 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Commercial $4,715.87 ↑ +9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $4,894.48 ↑ +13%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $4,894.48 ↑ +13%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $4,894.48 ↑ +13%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $5,041.40 ↑ +17%
CareFirst Commercial $6,121.70 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $6,121.70 ↑ +42%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $6,265.74 ↑ +45%
Cigna Commercial $9,539.00 ↑ +121%
Aetna Commercial not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital
Aetna ACO not published by hospital

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Abd/low ext cath 3rd at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,671.20 $891.16 – $3,906.62
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $4,321.20 $932.61 – $9,539.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4,321.20 $943.65 – $6,121.70
UPMC East Monroeville $5,161.80 $947.07 – $6,882.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $5,269.20 $947.07 – $4,850.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $7,387.20 $901.71 – $3,199.28
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,581.00 $316.80 – $3,906.62
UPMC Lititz Lititz $4,321.20 $316.80 – $3,906.62

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