Critical care 30-74 minutes 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

$2,304.00

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.

$3,840.00

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.

$192.57 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $3,340.80 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 $192.57 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $192.57 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $197.12 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $198.64 ↓ -91%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $206.52 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $220.86 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $258.41 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $372.39 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $582.06 ↓ -75%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $729.60 ↓ -68%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $729.60 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $796.90 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare $804.95 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare $839.56 ↓ -64%
Cigna Medicare $845.20 ↓ -63%
Geisinger Medicare $845.20 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Medicare $861.30 ↓ -63%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $869.35 ↓ -62%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $929.28 ↓ -60%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $1,287.92 ↓ -44%
Cigna Commercial $2,050.00 ↓ -11%
Aetna ACO $2,181.12 ↓ -5%
Geisinger Commercial $2,514.43 ↑ +9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $2,609.66 ↑ +13%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $2,609.66 ↑ +13%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $2,609.66 ↑ +13%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $2,670.34 ↑ +16%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,688.00 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial $2,795.52 ↑ +21%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $2,863.21 ↑ +24%
CareFirst Commercial $3,264.00 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $3,264.00 ↑ +42%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $3,340.80 ↑ +45%
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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Critical care 30-74 minutes at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,460.60 $151.63 – $3,280.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,087.80 $159.21 – $1,631.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,304.00 $192.57 – $3,264.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,185.60 $159.21 – $553.28
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,304.00 $192.57 – $1,303.05
UPMC East Monroeville $1,501.80 $166.79 – $2,002.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,664.00 $166.79 – $1,001.31
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,263.00 $166.79 – $843.50

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