Bx/exc lymph node/open/deep cervic 38510 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

$1,159.20

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.

$1,932.00

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.

$183.60 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $7,348.95 with Capital Blue Cross — 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 $183.60 ↓ -84%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $185.23 ↓ -84%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $198.10 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $231.77 ↓ -80%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $650.26 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $973.33 ↓ -16%
InterGroup PPO $1,642.20 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,299.14 ↑ +98%
Aetna ACO $2,684.00 ↑ +132%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $2,963.00 ↑ +156%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $3,012.49 ↑ +160%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $3,012.49 ↑ +160%
Aetna Commercial $3,485.00 ↑ +201%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $3,729.12 ↑ +222%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $3,785.25 ↑ +227%
Humana Medicare $3,879.79 ↑ +235%
Aetna Medicare $3,928.76 ↑ +239%
Cigna Medicare $3,955.13 ↑ +241%
United Healthcare Medicare $4,030.47 ↑ +248%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $4,068.13 ↑ +251%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $7,348.95 ↑ +534%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $7,348.95 ↑ +534%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $7,348.95 ↑ +534%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Bx/exc lymph node/open/deep cervic 38510 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $939.00 $142.80 – $1,252.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,159.20 $149.60 – $3,650.76
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $4,063.00 $149.60 – $7,882.34
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $136.00 – $3,942.82
UPMC Bedford Everett not published $142.80 – $3,942.82
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle not published $172.72 – $5,861.07
UPMC East Monroeville not published $149.60 – $4,015.84
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $149.60 – $5,309.76

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