Hc i-131 sodium iodide cap dx per mci 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

$184.20

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.

$307.00

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.

$58.33 with Capital Blue Cross vs $438.82 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $58.33 ↓ -68%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $58.33 ↓ -68%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $74.29 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $108.68 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial $114.59 ↓ -38%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $168.85 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $168.85 ↓ -8%
Aetna ACO $174.38 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare Commercial $189.11 ↑ +3%
Geisinger Commercial $201.02 ↑ +9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $208.64 ↑ +13%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $208.64 ↑ +13%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $208.64 ↑ +13%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $214.90 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial $223.50 ↑ +21%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $260.95 ↑ +42%
CareFirst Commercial $260.95 ↑ +42%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $267.09 ↑ +45%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $438.82 ↑ +138%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Hc i-131 sodium iodide cap dx per mci at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $603.00 $283.35 – $804.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $184.20 $42.06 – $260.95
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $184.20 $61.40 – $510.09
UPMC Hamot Erie $673.80 $40.70 – $260.30
UPMC Jameson New Castle $369.60 $66.42 – $438.82
UPMC Lititz Lititz $184.20 $66.42 – $438.82
UPMC Memorial York $184.20 $66.42 – $438.82
UPMC Muncy Muncy $190.20 $47.55 – $285.30

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