Cholinesterase 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

$40.80

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.

$68.00

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.

$6.00 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $59.16 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 $6.00 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Commercial $6.44 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $7.62 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $7.79 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $7.80 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $7.86 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare $7.87 ↓ -81%
Aetna ACO $7.87 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial $7.87 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $8.14 ↓ -80%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $8.17 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $8.21 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Medicare $8.26 ↓ -80%
Cigna Medicare $8.26 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare $8.42 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $8.50 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $8.74 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $10.23 ↓ -75%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $12.59 ↓ -69%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12.92 ↓ -68%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $12.92 ↓ -68%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $16.46 ↓ -60%
Cigna Commercial $20.48 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $26.11 ↓ -36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $27.99 ↓ -31%
Geisinger Commercial $44.53 ↑ +9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $46.21 ↑ +13%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $46.21 ↑ +13%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $46.21 ↑ +13%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $47.60 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $53.31 ↑ +31%
CareFirst Commercial $57.80 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $57.80 ↑ +42%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $59.16 ↑ +45%

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Cholinesterase at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $103.20 $6.00 – $137.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $40.80 $6.00 – $57.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $78.00 $5.12 – $104.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $40.80 $6.00 – $57.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $123.00 $6.00 – $21.41
UPMC Kane Kane $119.40 $6.60 – $33.97
UPMC Lititz Lititz $40.80 $6.00 – $12.59
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $78.60 $6.60 – $21.62

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