Inj, bupivacaine liposome 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

$13.20

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.

$22.00

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.

$1.39 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $19.14 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $1.39 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare $1.40 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $1.46 ↓ -89%
Cigna Medicare $1.47 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1.47 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1.47 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1.47 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicare $1.47 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1.50 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare $1.50 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1.51 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $1.62 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1.81 ↓ -86%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $2.24 ↓ -83%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.18 ↓ -68%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $4.18 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $4.64 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $4.98 ↓ -62%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $5.32 ↓ -60%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $10.94 ↓ -17%
Aetna ACO $12.50 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare Commercial $13.55 ↑ +3%
Geisinger Commercial $14.41 ↑ +9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $14.95 ↑ +13%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $14.95 ↑ +13%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $14.95 ↑ +13%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $15.40 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial $16.02 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial $17.16 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $18.70 ↑ +42%
CareFirst Commercial $18.70 ↑ +42%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $19.14 ↑ +45%

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Inj, bupivacaine liposome at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital Chambersburg $637.40 $1.59 – $869.69
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital Ephrata $1,982.80 $1.73 – $1,322.02
WellSpan Surgery & Rehabilitation Hospital York PA 17403 $1,345.20 $1.73 – $661.01
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $755.91 $1.39 – $3.24
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital Lebanon $2,421.60 $1.59 – $1,322.02
WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital Gettysburg $1,586.20 $1.73 – $661.01

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