Ablation of upper extremity nerves rf 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

$961.20

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$1,602.00

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.

$48.55 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,120.00 with Aetna — 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

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 Health Plan CHIP $48.55 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $76.73 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $76.73 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $217.26 ↓ -77%
InterGroup PPO $276.25 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $287.47 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $291.79 ↓ -70%
Humana Medicare $299.08 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare $302.86 ↓ -68%
Cigna Medicare $304.89 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Medicare $310.70 ↓ -68%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $313.60 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $320.40 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $320.40 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $387.68 ↓ -60%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $881.10 ↓ -8%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $1,204.70 ↑ +25%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $1,361.70 ↑ +42%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $1,471.05 ↑ +53%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $1,471.05 ↑ +53%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $1,471.05 ↑ +53%
Aetna ACO $1,633.00 ↑ +70%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $1,802.00 ↑ +87%
Aetna Commercial $2,120.00 ↑ +121%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital

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Ablation of upper extremity nerves rf at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,268.40 $18.59 – $1,691.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,408.20 $35.90 – $2,112.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $961.20 $48.55 – $1,361.70
UPMC East Monroeville $987.60 $18.77 – $303.94
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,719.00 $18.59 – $409.31
UPMC Hanover Hanover $961.20 $48.55 – $451.20
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $958.80 $27.20 – $303.94
UPMC Jameson New Castle $675.60 $18.92 – $379.93

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