Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 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

$474.60

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.

$791.00

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.

$52.00 with United Healthcare vs $688.17 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
United Healthcare Commercial $52.00 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $84.25 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare $85.10 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial $85.10 ↓ -82%
Aetna ACO $85.10 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $88.01 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $88.76 ↓ -81%
Geisinger Medicare $89.36 ↓ -81%
Cigna Medicare $89.36 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare $91.06 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $91.91 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $116.09 ↓ -76%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $136.16 ↓ -71%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $147.43 ↓ -69%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $150.29 ↓ -68%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $150.29 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $150.92 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $152.08 ↓ -68%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $158.11 ↓ -67%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $169.10 ↓ -64%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $191.42 ↓ -60%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $197.84 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial $221.28 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $282.31 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $302.70 ↓ -36%
Geisinger Commercial $517.95 ↑ +9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $537.56 ↑ +13%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $537.56 ↑ +13%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $537.56 ↑ +13%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $553.70 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $653.41 ↑ +38%
CareFirst Commercial $672.35 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $672.35 ↑ +42%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $688.17 ↑ +45%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $607.80 $84.10 – $810.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $516.60 $30.70 – $774.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $474.60 $52.00 – $672.35
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $474.60 $84.25 – $672.35
UPMC East Monroeville $1,743.00 $84.10 – $2,324.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $582.60 $84.10 – $225.86
UPMC Northwest Seneca $754.20 $77.18 – $133.50
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $642.60 $76.19 – $161.35

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