Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr 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

$189.60

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.

$316.00

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.

$21.17 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $274.92 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 Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $21.17 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $26.23 ↓ -86%
Aetna ACO $26.49 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial $26.49 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare $26.49 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $27.63 ↓ -85%
Cigna Medicare $27.81 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicare $27.81 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare $28.34 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $28.61 ↓ -85%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $42.38 ↓ -78%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $60.04 ↓ -68%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $60.04 ↓ -68%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $76.47 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $87.88 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $94.22 ↓ -50%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $143.53 ↓ -24%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $173.80 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $173.80 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Commercial $206.92 ↑ +9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $214.75 ↑ +13%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $214.75 ↑ +13%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $214.75 ↑ +13%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $221.20 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial $246.48 ↑ +30%
CareFirst Commercial $268.60 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $268.60 ↑ +42%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $274.92 ↑ +45%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $99.00 $27.01 – $132.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $78.00 $9.56 – $117.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $189.60 $14.57 – $268.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $189.60 $21.17 – $156.40
UPMC East Monroeville $78.00 $26.56 – $104.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $84.00 $24.02 – $28.61
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $78.00 $23.72 – $49.71
UPMC Jameson New Castle $78.00 $18.58 – $72.20

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