Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body at UPMC Community Osteopathic
111 South Front Street, Harrisburg, PA · UPMC · · NPI 157809786
$7,900.20
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.
$13,167.00
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.
$242.61 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $11,701.33 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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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| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $242.61 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | ACO | $1,633.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | PEBTF ACO | $1,802.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $2,120.00 | ↓ -73% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $2,247.56 | ↓ -72% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $2,608.60 | ↓ -67% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage | $2,608.60 | ↓ -67% |
| Prime Net | Managed Medicare | $3,156.41 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $3,273.79 | ↓ -59% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $6,001.33 | ↓ -24% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $7,173.65 | ↓ -9% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Commercial | $7,208.87 | ↓ -9% |
| Capital Blue Cross | CHIP | $7,208.87 | ↓ -9% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Commercial | $7,568.85 | ↓ -4% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $8,477.95 | ↑ +7% |
| Prime Net | FH-Medical Rental | $9,808.34 | ↑ +24% |
| Wellspan Population Health | Commercial | $11,086.55 | ↑ +40% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | CHIP | $11,701.33 | ↑ +48% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial | $11,701.33 | ↑ +48% |
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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $7,629.60 | $2,247.56 – $10,172.80 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $7,825.80 | $242.61 – $11,086.55 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $396.00 | $182.95 – $5,734.60 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $14,634.60 | $1,283.96 – $19,512.80 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $16,396.20 | $2,790.43 – $5,734.60 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $7,825.80 | $242.61 – $6,001.33 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $7,825.80 | $196.29 – $6,001.33 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | $7,825.80 | $196.29 – $6,001.33 |