Bx breast add lesion Ultrasound imag 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

$1,042.80

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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.

$1,738.00

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.

$86.62 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $2,120.00 with Aetna — 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $86.62 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $89.26 ↓ -91%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $90.06 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $96.31 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $112.68 ↓ -89%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $347.60 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $347.60 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $420.60 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $436.24 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $743.78 ↓ -29%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $751.69 ↓ -28%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $960.59 ↓ -8%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $960.59 ↓ -8%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $1,008.56 ↓ -3%
InterGroup PPO $1,129.70 ↑ +8%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $1,306.98 ↑ +25%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $1,477.30 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $1,540.47 ↑ +48%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $1,540.47 ↑ +48%
Aetna ACO $1,633.00 ↑ +57%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $1,802.00 ↑ +73%
Aetna Commercial $2,120.00 ↑ +103%

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Bx breast add lesion Ultrasound imag at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,945.20 $66.12 – $2,593.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $2,620.20 $69.43 – $3,930.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,042.80 $83.97 – $9,539.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $334.20 $69.43 – $1,041.88
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,324.20 $72.73 – $710.72
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,792.40 $72.73 – $968.57
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,042.80 $83.97 – $743.78
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $2,660.40 $69.43 – $726.02

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