Catheter insert artery 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

$391.20

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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.

$652.00

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.

$104.78 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $554.20 with Wellspan Population Health — 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 $104.78 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $108.08 ↓ -72%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $112.36 ↓ -71%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $120.17 ↓ -69%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $130.40 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $130.40 ↓ -67%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $140.60 ↓ -64%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $157.78 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $163.65 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $282.87 ↓ -28%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $316.00 ↓ -19%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $316.00 ↓ -19%
Aetna ACO $320.13 ↓ -18%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $339.69 ↓ -13%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $378.36 ↓ -3%
Aetna Commercial $399.68 ↑ +2%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $399.90 ↑ +2%
InterGroup PPO $423.80 ↑ +8%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $490.30 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $537.10 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $537.10 ↑ +37%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $554.20 ↑ +42%

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Catheter insert artery at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $595.20 $82.50 – $793.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $391.20 $89.32 – $554.20
UPMC Hanover Hanover $391.20 $104.78 – $282.87
UPMC Lititz Lititz $391.20 $104.78 – $279.86
UPMC Memorial York $391.20 $104.78 – $282.87
UPMC Somerset Somerset $391.20 $90.75 – $267.42
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $90.75 – $286.17

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