Repair upper arm/elbow tendon/muscle ea 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

$9,067.20

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.

$15,112.00

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.

$1,016.56 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $24,274.43 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,421.91 ↓ -84%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,871.28 ↓ -68%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $2,871.28 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3,015.49 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $3,657.10 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $6,756.17 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare $6,824.41 ↓ -25%
Aetna Medicare $7,117.86 ↓ -21%
Geisinger Medicare $7,165.63 ↓ -21%
Cigna Medicare $7,165.63 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Medicare $7,302.12 ↓ -19%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $7,370.36 ↓ -19%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $8,311.60 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $8,311.60 ↓ -8%
Aetna ACO $8,583.62 ↓ -5%
Geisinger Commercial $9,895.34 ↑ +9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $10,270.12 ↑ +13%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $10,270.12 ↑ +13%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $10,270.12 ↑ +13%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $10,578.40 ↑ +17%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $10,919.06 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial $11,001.54 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial $11,787.36 ↑ +30%
CareFirst Commercial $12,845.20 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $12,845.20 ↑ +42%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $13,147.44 ↑ +45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $22,639.30 ↑ +150%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $24,274.43 ↑ +168%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Repair upper arm/elbow tendon/muscle ea at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $9,067.20 $1,016.56 – $12,845.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,279.80 $591.27 – $1,706.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $9,067.20 $1,016.56 – $12,845.20
UPMC Lititz Lititz $9,067.20 $1,016.56 – $10,978.03
UPMC Memorial York $9,067.20 $731.73 – $10,960.19
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $4,990.20 $681.00 – $7,491.76
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $6,880.20 $906.33 – $7,491.76
UPMC Somerset Somerset $9,067.20 $888.70 – $7,354.86

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