Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at UPMC Community Osteopathic
111 South Front Street, Harrisburg, PA · UPMC · · NPI 157809786
$948.00
Cash price 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.
$1,580.00
Gross charge 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.
$53.78 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $2,480.35 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $53.78 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $57.68 | ↓ -94% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $61.69 | ↓ -93% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $72.17 | ↓ -92% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $110.29 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial | $218.14 | ↓ -77% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | CHIP | $218.14 | ↓ -77% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $316.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage | $316.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Prime Net | Managed Medicare | $382.36 | ↓ -60% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $674.41 | ↓ -29% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage | $684.56 | ↓ -28% |
| Humana | Medicare | $701.66 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $710.51 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $715.28 | ↓ -25% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $728.91 | ↓ -23% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $735.72 | ↓ -22% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $1,016.56 | ↑ +7% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $1,027.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Prime Net | FH-Medical Rental | $1,188.16 | ↑ +25% |
| Wellspan Population Health | Commercial | $1,343.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Commercial | $1,471.05 | ↑ +55% |
| Capital Blue Cross | CHIP | $1,471.05 | ↑ +55% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Commercial | $1,471.05 | ↑ +55% |
| Aetna | ACO | $1,633.00 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | PEBTF ACO | $1,802.00 | ↑ +90% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $2,120.00 | ↑ +124% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $2,480.35 | ↑ +162% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $340.80 | $42.35 – $454.40 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $364.20 | $44.47 – $546.30 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $948.00 | $53.78 – $1,343.00 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $52.20 | $9.98 – $105.38 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $660.00 | $46.59 – $880.00 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $294.60 | $46.59 – $960.26 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $336.60 | $46.59 – $693.24 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $948.00 | $53.78 – $1,058.50 |