Echocardiograpy doppler follow up/limited study 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

$184.80

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.

$308.00

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.

$26.92 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $1,907.00 with United Healthcare — 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $26.92 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $35.94 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $35.94 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $36.79 ↓ -80%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $38.54 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $41.22 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $48.23 ↓ -74%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $58.52 ↓ -68%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $58.52 ↓ -68%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $74.54 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $109.03 ↓ -41%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $167.94 ↓ -9%
Aetna ACO $174.94 ↓ -5%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $177.00 ↓ -4%
Geisinger Commercial $201.68 ↑ +9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $209.32 ↑ +13%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $209.32 ↑ +13%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $209.32 ↑ +13%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $215.60 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial $224.22 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial $240.24 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $261.80 ↑ +42%
CareFirst Commercial $261.80 ↑ +42%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $267.96 ↑ +45%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,907.00 ↑ +932%

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Echocardiograpy doppler follow up/limited study at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $307.80 $20.55 – $410.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $67.20 $29.71 – $129.33
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $303.60 $9.00 – $321.23
UPMC Hamot Erie $486.00 $31.13 – $184.95
UPMC Northwest Seneca $324.00 $31.13 – $169.14
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $280.20 $29.71 – $169.14
UPMC Jameson New Castle $280.20 $23.50 – $169.14
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $156.60 $25.85 – $184.95

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