Arthrodesis subtalar 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

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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.

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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.

$986.00 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $13,669.38 with PA Health & Wellness — 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $986.00
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $994.76
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,063.86
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,244.70
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,075.82
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3,250.91
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $4,255.64
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $4,255.64
Aetna ACO $4,374.00
Aetna PEBTF ACO $4,829.00
Aetna Commercial $5,681.00
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $11,127.90
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $11,127.90
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $11,127.90
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $12,530.26
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $12,718.85
Humana Medicare $13,036.53
Aetna Medicare $13,201.07
Cigna Medicare $13,289.67
United Healthcare Medicare $13,542.81
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $13,669.38
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Arthrodesis subtalar at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,468.20 $678.31 – $1,960.06
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $6,347.40 $803.41 – $13,125.66
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $4,887.50 $12,443.98 – $28,994.47
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $730.37 – $13,248.33
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle not published $927.57 – $19,693.86
UPMC East Monroeville not published $803.41 – $13,493.67
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $803.41 – $17,841.43
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $803.41 – $12,880.32

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