MRI breast c- unilateral 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

$480.60

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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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$801.00

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.

$152.19 with Keystone Health Plan vs $1,224.77 with Cigna — 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
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $152.19 ↓ -68%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $152.19 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $175.38 ↓ -64%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $193.84 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $228.61 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare $230.92 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare $240.85 ↓ -50%
Cigna Medicare $242.47 ↓ -50%
Geisinger Medicare $242.47 ↓ -50%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $244.31 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $244.31 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare $247.08 ↓ -49%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $249.39 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $250.08 ↓ -48%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $262.01 ↓ -45%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $280.21 ↓ -42%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $304.85 ↓ -37%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $327.84 ↓ -32%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $369.47 ↓ -23%
Premier Comp Solutions Worker's Comp $425.00 ↓ -12%
Aetna ACO $454.97 ↓ -5%
Geisinger Commercial $524.49 ↑ +9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $544.36 ↑ +13%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $544.36 ↑ +13%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $544.36 ↑ +13%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $560.70 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial $583.13 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Commercial $589.54 ↑ +23%
CareFirst Commercial $680.85 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $680.85 ↑ +42%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $696.87 ↑ +45%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $703.14 ↑ +46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $766.05 ↑ +59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $821.38 ↑ +71%
Cigna Commercial $1,224.77 ↑ +155%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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MRI breast c- unilateral at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $480.60 $109.74 – $680.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $480.60 $160.20 – $703.14
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,720.20 $102.20 – $345.98
UPMC Lititz Lititz $480.60 $175.38 – $425.00
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $4,220.40 $103.17 – $327.84
UPMC Memorial York $480.60 $83.29 – $1,094.08
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,405.80 $171.37 – $327.84
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,253.80 $103.17 – $338.72

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