Upgrade pm system 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

$15,540.60

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.

$25,901.00

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 $38,529.29 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,328.35 ↓ -91%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4,921.19 ↓ -68%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $4,921.19 ↓ -68%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $6,268.04 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $9,897.55 ↓ -36%
Humana Medicare $9,997.53 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicare $10,427.42 ↓ -33%
Cigna Medicare $10,497.41 ↓ -32%
Geisinger Medicare $10,497.41 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Medicare $10,697.36 ↓ -31%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $10,797.33 ↓ -31%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $14,245.55 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $14,245.55 ↓ -8%
Aetna ACO $14,711.77 ↓ -5%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $15,996.05 ↑ +3%
Geisinger Commercial $16,959.97 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial $17,298.00 ↑ +11%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $17,602.32 ↑ +13%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $17,602.32 ↑ +13%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $17,602.32 ↑ +13%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $18,130.70 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial $18,855.93 ↑ +21%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $22,015.85 ↑ +42%
CareFirst Commercial $22,015.85 ↑ +42%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $22,533.87 ↑ +45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $33,165.81 ↑ +113%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $35,561.21 ↑ +129%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $38,529.29 ↑ +148%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Upgrade pm system at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $14,761.80 $893.69 – $19,682.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $15,540.60 $1,016.56 – $22,015.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $15,540.60 $1,016.56 – $38,529.29
UPMC Hamot Erie $12,843.00 $893.69 – $14,511.47
UPMC Lititz Lititz $15,540.60 $1,016.56 – $38,529.29
UPMC Memorial York $15,540.60 $728.40 – $38,529.29
UPMC Somerset Somerset $15,540.60 $884.65 – $10,774.64
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $5,231.40 $993.28 – $10,775.64

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