Chemotherapy injection 96542 at UPMC Hanover
300 Highland Avenue, Hanover, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1730158981
$288.00
Cash price 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.
$480.00
Gross charge 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.
$47.54 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $1,127.07 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $47.54 | ↓ -83% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $47.54 | ↓ -83% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $48.66 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $49.03 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $50.98 | ↓ -82% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $54.52 | ↓ -81% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $63.79 | ↓ -78% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $91.20 | ↓ -68% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage | $91.20 | ↓ -68% |
| Prime Net | Managed Medicare | $116.16 | ↓ -60% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $236.18 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | ACO | $272.64 | ↓ -5% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $276.19 | ↓ -4% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare | $313.69 | ↑ +9% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $314.30 | ↑ +9% |
| Humana | Medicare | $316.86 | ↑ +10% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Commercial | $326.21 | ↑ +13% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Commercial | $326.21 | ↑ +13% |
| Capital Blue Cross | CHIP | $326.21 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $330.48 | ↑ +15% |
| Geisinger | Medicare | $332.70 | ↑ +16% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $332.70 | ↑ +16% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $336.00 | ↑ +17% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $339.04 | ↑ +18% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $342.21 | ↑ +19% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $349.44 | ↑ +21% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $374.40 | ↑ +30% |
| CareFirst | Commercial | $408.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) | $408.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Wellspan Population Health | Commercial | $417.60 | ↑ +45% |
| Keystone Autism Services | ACAP | $506.98 | ↑ +76% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $793.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicaid | $1,051.15 | ↑ +265% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial | $1,127.07 | ↑ +291% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Chemotherapy injection 96542 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $978.00 | $37.43 – $1,304.00 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $288.00 | $47.54 – $507.68 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $490.20 | $39.30 – $653.60 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $288.00 | $47.54 – $408.00 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $288.00 | $47.54 – $509.71 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $433.80 | $41.17 – $341.53 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | $288.00 | $47.54 – $508.90 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $288.00 | $41.17 – $316.23 |