Drug assay caffeine 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

$99.00

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.

$165.00

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.

$15.44 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $143.55 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 $15.44 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $19.61 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $20.07 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $20.23 ↓ -80%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $21.03 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Commercial $22.37 ↓ -77%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $22.49 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $26.31 ↓ -73%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $31.35 ↓ -68%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $31.35 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $38.18 ↓ -61%
Aetna ACO $38.57 ↓ -61%
Aetna Commercial $38.57 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare $38.57 ↓ -61%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $39.89 ↓ -60%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $39.93 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $40.23 ↓ -59%
Cigna Medicare $40.50 ↓ -59%
Geisinger Medicare $40.50 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Medicare $41.27 ↓ -58%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $41.66 ↓ -58%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $61.71 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial $100.28 ↑ +1%
Geisinger Commercial $108.04 ↑ +9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $112.13 ↑ +13%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $112.13 ↑ +13%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $112.13 ↑ +13%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $115.50 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $115.50 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $127.95 ↑ +29%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $137.19 ↑ +39%
CareFirst Commercial $140.25 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $140.25 ↑ +42%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $143.55 ↑ +45%

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Drug assay caffeine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $99.00 $15.44 – $140.25
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $99.00 $15.44 – $140.25
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $188.40 $15.44 – $41.66
UPMC Lititz Lititz $99.00 $15.44 – $61.71
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $83.40 $14.37 – $41.66
UPMC Memorial York $99.00 $11.60 – $95.62
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $209.40 $14.37 – $44.32
UPMC Somerset Somerset $99.00 $14.09 – $38.57

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