Thoracotomy with cardiac massage at UPMC Hanover
300 Highland Avenue, Hanover, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1730158981
$3,385.80
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$5,643.00
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$750.07 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $4,909.41 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $750.07 | ↓ -78% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $1,072.17 | ↓ -68% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage | $1,072.17 | ↓ -68% |
| Prime Net | Managed Medicare | $1,365.61 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $1,997.62 | ↓ -41% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $2,522.66 | ↓ -25% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $2,716.56 | ↓ -20% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $3,103.65 | ↓ -8% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $3,103.65 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | ACO | $3,205.22 | ↓ -5% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $3,695.04 | ↑ +9% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Commercial | $3,834.98 | ↑ +13% |
| Capital Blue Cross | CHIP | $3,834.98 | ↑ +13% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Commercial | $3,834.98 | ↑ +13% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $3,950.10 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $4,108.10 | ↑ +21% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $4,401.54 | ↑ +30% |
| CareFirst | Commercial | $4,796.55 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) | $4,796.55 | ↑ +42% |
| Wellspan Population Health | Commercial | $4,909.41 | ↑ +45% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Thoracotomy with cardiac massage at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $3,385.80 | $750.07 – $4,796.55 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $3,385.80 | $750.07 – $4,796.55 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $6,357.60 | $1,064.81 – $3,372.71 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $1,897.20 | $658.46 – $2,716.56 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $3,385.80 | $750.07 – $2,716.56 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | $3,385.80 | $750.07 – $2,716.56 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $2,671.20 | $1,064.81 – $2,615.34 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $8,094.60 | $687.08 – $3,041.09 |