Admin ecg contrast agent 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

$297.60

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.

$496.00

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.

$27.35 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $2,996.70 with Keystone 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 $27.35 ↓ -91%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $27.60 ↓ -91%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $27.60 ↓ -91%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $33.40 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $34.64 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $59.71 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $60.37 ↓ -80%
Aetna ACO $67.76 ↓ -77%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $71.90 ↓ -76%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $75.90 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial $84.59 ↓ -72%
InterGroup PPO $89.70 ↓ -70%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $103.78 ↓ -65%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $117.30 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $423.51 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $423.51 ↑ +42%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $2,996.70 ↑ +907%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $2,996.70 ↑ +907%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $2,996.70 ↑ +907%

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Admin ecg contrast agent at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $104.40 $37.84 – $139.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $294.60 $26.73 – $61.03
UPMC Somerset Somerset $297.60 $24.01 – $67.05
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $356.80 $26.73 – $57.05

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