Breast punct aspir cyst, bil 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

$924.60

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.

$1,541.00

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.

$46.35 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $2,656.50 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $46.35 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $47.81 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $49.71 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $53.17 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $62.20 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $131.12 ↓ -86%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $308.20 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $308.20 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $372.92 ↓ -60%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $402.19 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $537.10 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $537.10 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $685.19 ↓ -26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $695.50 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare $712.87 ↓ -23%
Aetna Medicare $721.87 ↓ -22%
Cigna Medicare $726.72 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Medicare $740.56 ↓ -20%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $747.48 ↓ -19%
InterGroup PPO $1,001.65 ↑ +8%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $1,158.83 ↑ +25%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $1,309.85 ↑ +42%
Aetna ACO $1,633.00 ↑ +77%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $1,802.00 ↑ +95%
Aetna Commercial $2,120.00 ↑ +129%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $2,656.50 ↑ +187%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $2,656.50 ↑ +187%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $2,656.50 ↑ +187%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Breast punct aspir cyst, bil at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $489.00 $36.50 – $652.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $808.20 $38.33 – $1,212.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $924.60 $46.35 – $1,309.85
UPMC Hamot Erie $543.00 $40.15 – $975.61
UPMC Northwest Seneca $777.00 $40.15 – $704.33
UPMC Hanover Hanover $924.60 $46.35 – $1,075.42
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $910.20 $38.33 – $253.13
UPMC Jameson New Castle $858.60 $37.15 – $132.41

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