IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour 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

$522.00

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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.

$870.00

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.

$49.91 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $756.90 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 $49.91 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $49.91 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $51.09 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $51.48 ↓ -90%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $53.53 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $57.24 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $66.98 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $105.98 ↓ -80%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $165.30 ↓ -68%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $165.30 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $199.26 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare $201.27 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare $209.92 ↓ -60%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $210.54 ↓ -60%
Geisinger Medicare $211.33 ↓ -60%
Cigna Medicare $211.33 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Medicare $215.36 ↓ -59%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $217.37 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $221.87 ↓ -57%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $322.03 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Commercial $399.00 ↓ -24%
Aetna ACO $494.16 ↓ -5%
Geisinger Commercial $569.68 ↑ +9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $591.25 ↑ +13%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $591.25 ↑ +13%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $591.25 ↑ +13%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $609.00 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial $633.36 ↑ +21%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $667.69 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial $678.60 ↑ +30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $715.92 ↑ +37%
CareFirst Commercial $739.50 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $739.50 ↑ +42%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $756.90 ↑ +45%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $369.60 $39.30 – $492.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $292.80 $41.27 – $439.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $522.00 $49.91 – $739.50
UPMC Cole Coudersport $477.00 $41.27 – $222.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $522.00 $49.91 – $549.95
UPMC East Monroeville $745.80 $43.23 – $994.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $607.20 $43.23 – $250.38
UPMC Northwest Seneca $411.60 $43.23 – $210.91

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