Arthrodes/ant/cerv below c2 ea add 22552 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

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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.

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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.

$425.40 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $425.40
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $648.23
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $4,217.36
Cigna Commercial $9,539.00
Aetna ACO not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Arthrodes/ant/cerv below c2 ea add 22552 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $3,749.88 $205.80 – $713.14
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $619.41 – $4,217.36
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg not published $425.40 – $23,763.60
UPMC East Monroeville not published $619.41 – $2,409.24
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $619.41 – $5,236.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $619.41 – $3,039.21
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $696.05 – $2,331.30
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh not published $619.41 – $2,350.20

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