X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images double contrast 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

$427.80

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$713.00

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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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$52.40 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $957.68 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $52.40 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $84.45 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $84.45 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $86.45 ↓ -80%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $90.57 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $96.86 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $113.33 ↓ -74%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $135.47 ↓ -68%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $135.47 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $168.36 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare $170.06 ↓ -60%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $172.55 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $177.37 ↓ -59%
Geisinger Medicare $178.56 ↓ -58%
Cigna Medicare $178.56 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare $181.96 ↓ -57%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $183.66 ↓ -57%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $248.60 ↓ -42%
Premier Comp Solutions Worker's Comp $248.60 ↓ -42%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $272.10 ↓ -36%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $367.25 ↓ -14%
Aetna ACO $404.98 ↓ -5%
Geisinger Commercial $466.87 ↑ +9%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $484.55 ↑ +13%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $484.55 ↑ +13%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $484.55 ↑ +13%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $499.10 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial $519.06 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Commercial $524.77 ↑ +23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $564.16 ↑ +32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $604.90 ↑ +41%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $606.05 ↑ +42%
CareFirst Commercial $606.05 ↑ +42%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $620.31 ↑ +45%
Cigna Commercial $957.68 ↑ +124%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images double contrast at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $372.60 $40.00 – $496.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $497.40 $61.23 – $746.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $427.80 $52.40 – $606.05
UPMC Cole Coudersport $406.20 $69.83 – $541.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $427.80 $52.40 – $606.05
UPMC East Monroeville $674.40 $73.15 – $899.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $690.00 $73.15 – $270.53
UPMC Northwest Seneca $520.80 $73.15 – $237.55

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