Critical care each additional 30 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

$1,152.00

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.

$1,920.00

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.

$94.49 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $2,050.00 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $94.49 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $94.49 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $96.72 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $97.46 ↓ -92%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $101.33 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $108.37 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $126.79 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $180.13 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $212.41 ↓ -82%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $364.80 ↓ -68%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $364.80 ↓ -68%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $464.64 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $679.68 ↓ -41%
Aetna ACO $1,090.56 ↓ -5%
Geisinger Commercial $1,257.22 ↑ +9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $1,304.83 ↑ +13%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $1,304.83 ↑ +13%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $1,304.83 ↑ +13%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,344.00 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial $1,397.76 ↑ +21%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $1,632.00 ↑ +42%
CareFirst Commercial $1,632.00 ↑ +42%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $1,670.40 ↑ +45%
Cigna Commercial $2,050.00 ↑ +78%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Critical care each additional 30 minutes at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,228.80 $71.66 – $1,638.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $319.20 $78.12 – $478.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,152.00 $94.49 – $2,050.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $363.60 $78.12 – $287.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,152.00 $94.49 – $1,632.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $615.00 $71.66 – $192.06
UPMC Northwest Seneca $478.80 $81.84 – $185.98
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $552.60 $78.12 – $222.87

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