Sickling rbc 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

$28.80

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.

$48.00

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.

$3.00 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $41.76 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 $3.00 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $3.81 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $3.90 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $3.93 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Commercial $4.00 ↓ -86%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $4.09 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $4.37 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $5.11 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $5.45 ↓ -81%
Aetna ACO $5.51 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare $5.51 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial $5.51 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $5.71 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $5.75 ↓ -80%
Cigna Medicare $5.79 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Medicare $5.79 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare $5.90 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $5.95 ↓ -79%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $8.82 ↓ -69%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.12 ↓ -68%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $9.12 ↓ -68%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $11.62 ↓ -60%
Cigna Commercial $14.32 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $18.28 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $19.60 ↓ -32%
Geisinger Commercial $31.43 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $32.37 ↑ +12%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $32.62 ↑ +13%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $32.62 ↑ +13%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $32.62 ↑ +13%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $33.60 ↑ +17%
CareFirst Commercial $40.80 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $40.80 ↑ +42%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $41.76 ↑ +45%

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Sickling rbc at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $44.40 $3.00 – $59.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $19.20 $1.99 – $28.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $28.80 $3.00 – $40.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $37.80 $3.15 – $50.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $28.80 $3.00 – $40.80
UPMC East Monroeville $70.80 $3.00 – $94.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $105.00 $3.00 – $9.16
UPMC Northwest Seneca $54.00 $3.30 – $5.79

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