Change cystostomy tube simple 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

$1,728.00

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.

$2,880.00

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.

$35.56 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $2,349.00 with Wellspan Population Health — 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $35.56 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $35.56 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $36.40 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $36.68 ↓ -98%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $38.14 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $40.78 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $47.72 ↓ -97%
Premier Comp Solutions Worker's Comp $125.88 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $125.88 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $183.23 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $230.02 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare $232.34 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $242.33 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicare $243.96 ↓ -86%
Cigna Medicare $243.96 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare $248.60 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $250.93 ↓ -85%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $371.74 ↓ -78%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $513.00 ↓ -70%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $513.00 ↓ -70%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $653.40 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $770.76 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $826.43 ↓ -52%
Aetna ACO $1,533.60 ↓ -11%
Geisinger Commercial $1,767.96 ↑ +2%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $1,834.92 ↑ +6%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $1,834.92 ↑ +6%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $1,834.92 ↑ +6%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,890.00 ↑ +9%
Aetna Commercial $1,965.60 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,987.20 ↑ +15%
Cigna Commercial $2,106.00 ↑ +22%
CareFirst Commercial $2,295.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $2,295.00 ↑ +33%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $2,349.00 ↑ +36%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Change cystostomy tube simple at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
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UPMC Bedford Everett $366.00 $29.40 – $549.00
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