Abd/low ext cath 2nd at UPMC Community Osteopathic

111 South Front Street, Harrisburg, PA · UPMC · · NPI 157809786

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published unknown · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$4,321.20

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.

$7,202.00

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.

$792.10 with UPMC Work Partners vs $6,121.70 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $792.10 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↓ -76%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,440.40 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $1,440.40 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $1,742.88 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $1,807.70 ↓ -58%
Aetna ACO $2,684.00 ↓ -38%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $2,963.00 ↓ -31%
Aetna Commercial $3,485.00 ↓ -19%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3,514.34 ↓ -19%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $3,961.10 ↓ -8%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $3,980.55 ↓ -8%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $3,980.55 ↓ -8%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $4,179.32 ↓ -3%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $4,575.90 ↑ +6%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $4,575.90 ↑ +6%
InterGroup PPO $4,681.30 ↑ +8%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $5,415.90 ↑ +25%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $6,121.70 ↑ +42%

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Abd/low ext cath 2nd at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,401.80 $748.03 – $3,514.34
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $4,321.20 $782.82 – $9,539.00
UPMC East Monroeville $4,642.20 $795.09 – $6,189.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,738.80 $795.09 – $4,363.17
UPMC Northwest Seneca $6,644.40 $756.89 – $2,877.12
UPMC Hanover Hanover $4,321.20 $792.10 – $3,514.34
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,581.00 $268.17 – $3,514.34
UPMC Lititz Lititz $4,321.20 $268.17 – $3,514.34

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