Cystourethroscop/calib/dilat stric 52281 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

$2,428.80

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.

$4,048.00

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.

$136.53 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $6,960.84 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.

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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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $136.53 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $136.53 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $139.75 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $146.41 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $156.58 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $183.20 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $434.25 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $694.30 ↓ -71%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $769.12 ↓ -68%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $769.12 ↓ -68%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $979.62 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $1,937.37 ↓ -20%
Humana Medicare $1,956.94 ↓ -19%
Aetna Medicare $2,041.09 ↓ -16%
Geisinger Medicare $2,054.79 ↓ -15%
Cigna Medicare $2,054.79 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Medicare $2,093.93 ↓ -14%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $2,113.50 ↓ -13%
Aetna ACO $2,299.26 ↓ -5%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,314.70 ↓ -5%
Geisinger Commercial $2,650.63 ↑ +9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $2,751.02 ↑ +13%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $2,751.02 ↑ +13%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $2,751.02 ↑ +13%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,833.60 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial $2,946.94 ↑ +21%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $3,131.10 ↑ +29%
Cigna Commercial $3,157.44 ↑ +30%
CareFirst Commercial $3,440.80 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $3,440.80 ↑ +42%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $3,521.76 ↑ +45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $6,491.95 ↑ +167%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $6,960.84 ↑ +187%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Cystourethroscop/calib/dilat stric 52281 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett $5,175.60 $112.88 – $7,763.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,428.80 $136.53 – $3,440.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $732.60 $112.88 – $1,041.88
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,428.80 $136.53 – $2,314.70
UPMC East Monroeville $3,824.40 $118.25 – $5,099.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,234.20 $118.25 – $2,840.52
UPMC Jameson New Castle $3,521.40 $118.25 – $2,636.56
UPMC Kane Kane $1,752.00 $118.25 – $1,361.53

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