Drain cath image guided peri/retroperitoneal transvag/transrectal 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

$2,253.00

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.

$3,755.00

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.

$234.78 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $6,413.00 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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $234.78 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $240.33 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $249.57 ↓ -89%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $251.79 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $269.28 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $315.06 ↓ -86%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $713.45 ↓ -68%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $713.45 ↓ -68%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $908.71 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↓ -55%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,035.26 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $1,532.34 ↓ -32%
Humana Medicare $1,547.82 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medicare $1,614.38 ↓ -28%
Cigna Medicare $1,625.21 ↓ -28%
Geisinger Medicare $1,625.21 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,656.17 ↓ -26%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,671.65 ↓ -26%
Geisinger Commercial $2,458.77 ↑ +9%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $2,476.51 ↑ +10%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $2,551.90 ↑ +13%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $2,551.90 ↑ +13%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $2,551.90 ↑ +13%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,628.50 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,628.50 ↑ +17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $3,191.75 ↑ +42%
CareFirst Commercial $3,191.75 ↑ +42%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $3,266.85 ↑ +45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $5,134.74 ↑ +128%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $5,505.60 ↑ +144%
Cigna Commercial $6,413.00 ↑ +185%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital —
Aetna ACO not published by hospital —
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
Aetna Commercial not published by hospital —

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Drain cath image guided peri/retroperitoneal transvag/transrectal at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,253.00 $234.78 – $3,191.75
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,253.00 $249.57 – $3,191.75
UPMC Lititz Lititz $2,253.00 $234.78 – $2,489.89
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $4,782.60 $203.36 – $1,668.28
UPMC Memorial York $2,253.00 $234.78 – $2,485.84
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $4,594.20 $203.36 – $1,699.17
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,371.40 $203.36 – $1,699.17
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $7,281.60 $203.36 – $1,699.17

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