C-reactive protein high sensitivity 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

$72.60

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.

$121.00

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.

$10.53 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $137.40 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $10.53 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $12.82 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $13.01 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare $13.34 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $13.39 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $13.51 ↓ -81%
Cigna Medicare $13.60 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $13.79 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare $13.86 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $13.99 ↓ -81%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $14.34 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $15.34 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $17.95 ↓ -75%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $24.20 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $24.20 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $29.28 ↓ -60%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $64.46 ↓ -11%
Aetna ACO $71.27 ↓ -2%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $75.62 ↑ +4%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $75.71 ↑ +4%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $75.71 ↑ +4%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $75.71 ↑ +4%
InterGroup PPO $78.65 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $89.06 ↑ +23%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $90.99 ↑ +25%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $102.85 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $137.40 ↑ +89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $137.40 ↑ +89%

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C-reactive protein high sensitivity at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $66.60 $10.53 – $88.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $68.40 $4.67 – $102.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $72.60 $7.67 – $102.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $125.40 $8.42 – $167.20
UPMC East Monroeville $266.40 $10.53 – $355.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $119.40 $10.53 – $34.37
UPMC Northwest Seneca $137.40 $11.58 – $13.99
UPMC Hanover Hanover $72.60 $7.67 – $20.72

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