Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at UPMC Community Osteopathic
111 South Front Street, Harrisburg, PA · UPMC · · NPI 157809786
$17,602.20
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.
$29,337.00
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.
$1,016.56 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $24,700.15 with Wellspan Population Health — 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 | $1,016.56 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | ACO | $4,935.00 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | PEBTF ACO | $5,448.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $5,811.80 | ↓ -67% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage | $5,811.80 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $6,409.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $6,956.87 | ↓ -60% |
| Prime Net | Managed Medicare | $7,032.28 | ↓ -60% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage | $7,061.57 | ↓ -60% |
| Humana | Medicare | $7,237.95 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $7,329.31 | ↓ -58% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $7,378.50 | ↓ -58% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $7,519.04 | ↓ -57% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $7,589.31 | ↓ -57% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $9,935.59 | ↓ -44% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $11,433.07 | ↓ -35% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $15,982.45 | ↓ -9% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $18,888.35 | ↑ +7% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial | $19,406.66 | ↑ +10% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | CHIP | $19,406.66 | ↑ +10% |
| Prime Net | FH-Medical Rental | $21,852.37 | ↑ +24% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Commercial | $23,763.60 | ↑ +35% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Commercial | $23,763.60 | ↑ +35% |
| Capital Blue Cross | CHIP | $23,763.60 | ↑ +35% |
| Wellspan Population Health | Commercial | $24,700.15 | ↑ +40% |
| Tricare | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $10,234.20 | $4,701.43 – $13,645.60 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $17,435.40 | $1,016.56 – $24,700.15 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $928.80 | $429.11 – $9,494.01 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $24,271.80 | $4,746.19 – $32,362.40 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $17,721.00 | $4,701.43 – $9,905.66 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $17,435.40 | $1,016.56 – $11,433.07 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $17,435.40 | $1,016.56 – $11,433.07 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | $17,435.40 | $1,016.56 – $11,433.07 |