Aspirate/inj ganglion cyst 20612 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

$401.40

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.

$669.00

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.

$49.36 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $1,368.75 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $49.36 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $49.36 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $50.53 ↓ -87%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $52.94 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $56.62 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $66.24 ↓ -83%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $108.60 ↓ -73%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $127.11 ↓ -68%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $127.11 ↓ -68%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $161.90 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $279.18 ↓ -30%
Humana Medicare $282.00 ↓ -30%
Aetna Medicare $294.13 ↓ -27%
Geisinger Medicare $296.10 ↓ -26%
Cigna Medicare $296.10 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Medicare $301.74 ↓ -25%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $304.56 ↓ -24%
Aetna ACO $379.99 ↓ -5%
Geisinger Commercial $438.06 ↑ +9%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $451.20 ↑ +12%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $454.65 ↑ +13%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $454.65 ↑ +13%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $454.65 ↑ +13%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $468.30 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial $487.03 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial $521.82 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $568.65 ↑ +42%
CareFirst Commercial $568.65 ↑ +42%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $582.03 ↑ +45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $935.51 ↑ +133%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $1,003.07 ↑ +150%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↑ +153%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,368.75 ↑ +241%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Aspirate/inj ganglion cyst 20612 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett $640.80 $40.81 – $961.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $401.40 $49.36 – $1,016.56
UPMC Cole Coudersport $215.40 $14.14 – $103.78
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $401.40 $49.36 – $1,368.75
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $449.40 $42.76 – $303.94
UPMC Kane Kane $238.80 $42.76 – $268.46
UPMC Lititz Lititz $401.40 $49.36 – $1,016.56
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $474.60 $42.76 – $303.94

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