Bx vulva or perineum/ea add lesion 56606 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

$312.00

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.

$520.00

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.

$34.80 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.

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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 $34.80 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $34.80 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $35.62 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $35.89 ↓ -88%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $37.32 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $39.91 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $46.70 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $81.39 ↓ -74%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $98.80 ↓ -68%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $98.80 ↓ -68%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $125.84 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $184.08 ↓ -41%
Aetna ACO $295.36 ↓ -5%
Geisinger Commercial $340.50 ↑ +9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $353.39 ↑ +13%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $353.39 ↑ +13%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $353.39 ↑ +13%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $364.00 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial $378.56 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Commercial $382.72 ↑ +23%
CareFirst Commercial $442.00 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $442.00 ↑ +42%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $452.40 ↑ +45%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $884.97 ↑ +184%
Cigna Commercial $9,539.00 ↑ +2957%

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Bx vulva or perineum/ea add lesion 56606 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $461.40 $27.40 – $615.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $312.00 $34.80 – $884.97
UPMC Kane Kane $61.80 $30.14 – $163.27
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $753.00 $25.80 – $83.87
UPMC Memorial York $312.00 $23.45 – $81.39
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $576.60 $30.14 – $99.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $312.00 $30.14 – $76.81
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $411.00 $30.14 – $83.87

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