Chemotherapy injection 96542 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

$288.00

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.

$480.00

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.

$47.54 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $408.00 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 $47.54 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $49.03 ↓ -83%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $50.98 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $54.52 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $63.79 ↓ -78%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $96.00 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $96.00 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $116.16 ↓ -60%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $236.18 ↓ -18%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $265.30 ↓ -8%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $265.30 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $276.19 ↓ -4%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $278.54 ↓ -3%
Aetna ACO $282.72 ↓ -2%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $286.54 ↓ -1%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $286.54 ↓ -1%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $300.00 ↑ +4%
InterGroup PPO $312.00 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $323.02 ↑ +12%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $327.88 ↑ +14%
Humana Medicare $336.07 ↑ +17%
Aetna Medicare $340.31 ↑ +18%
Cigna Medicare $342.59 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Medicare $349.12 ↑ +21%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $352.38 ↑ +22%
Aetna Commercial $353.28 ↑ +23%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $360.96 ↑ +25%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $408.00 ↑ +42%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Chemotherapy injection 96542 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $978.00 $37.43 – $1,304.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $288.00 $47.54 – $507.68
UPMC Cole Coudersport $490.20 $39.30 – $653.60
UPMC Hanover Hanover $288.00 $47.54 – $506.98
UPMC Lititz Lititz $288.00 $47.54 – $509.71
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $433.80 $41.17 – $341.53
UPMC Memorial York $288.00 $47.54 – $508.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $288.00 $41.17 – $316.23

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