Bx bone trocar/ndl deep 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

$2,458.80

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.

$4,098.00

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.

$132.30 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $4,217.85 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 $132.30 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $133.48 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $142.75 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $167.01 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $507.62 ↓ -79%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $819.60 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $819.60 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $991.72 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,577.86 ↓ -36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $1,601.61 ↓ -35%
Humana Medicare $1,641.61 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare $1,662.33 ↓ -32%
Cigna Medicare $1,673.49 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,705.37 ↓ -31%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,721.30 ↓ -30%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,298.30 ↓ -7%
InterGroup PPO $2,663.70 ↑ +8%
Aetna ACO $2,684.00 ↑ +9%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $2,963.00 ↑ +21%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $3,012.49 ↑ +23%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $3,012.49 ↑ +23%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $3,081.70 ↑ +25%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $3,483.30 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial $3,485.00 ↑ +42%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $4,217.85 ↑ +72%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $4,217.85 ↑ +72%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $4,217.85 ↑ +72%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Bx bone trocar/ndl deep at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,697.40 $98.00 – $2,263.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,458.80 $124.46 – $3,483.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $363.00 $102.90 – $1,041.88
UPMC East Monroeville $1,753.20 $107.80 – $2,337.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,099.00 $107.80 – $2,246.66
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,553.60 $107.80 – $1,621.93
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,458.80 $124.46 – $2,476.51
UPMC Jameson New Castle $2,371.20 $107.80 – $2,085.34

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