Cystostomy cystotomy w/drainage 51040 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

$3,276.00

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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.

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$5,460.00

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.

$334.35 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $7,348.95 with Keystone Health Plan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $334.35 ↓ -90%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $358.57 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $383.48 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $448.66 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↓ -69%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $1,092.00 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,092.00 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $1,321.32 ↓ -60%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,471.24 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,994.93 ↓ -39%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $2,024.95 ↓ -38%
Humana Medicare $2,075.53 ↓ -37%
Aetna Medicare $2,101.73 ↓ -36%
Cigna Medicare $2,115.83 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Medicare $2,156.14 ↓ -34%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $2,176.29 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3,269.06 ↓ -0%
InterGroup PPO $3,549.00 ↑ +8%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $4,105.92 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $4,255.64 ↑ +30%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $4,255.64 ↑ +30%
Aetna ACO $4,374.00 ↑ +34%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $4,641.00 ↑ +42%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $4,829.00 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial $5,681.00 ↑ +73%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $7,348.95 ↑ +124%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $7,348.95 ↑ +124%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $7,348.95 ↑ +124%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Cystostomy cystotomy w/drainage 51040 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $3,276.00 $334.35 – $4,641.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $489.00 $225.92 – $1,470.59
UPMC Hamot Erie $5,943.60 $289.60 – $2,840.52
UPMC Northwest Seneca $6,051.00 $289.60 – $2,050.66
UPMC Hanover Hanover $3,276.00 $334.35 – $3,131.10
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $5,115.00 $289.60 – $2,109.25
UPMC Lititz Lititz $3,276.00 $334.35 – $3,148.02
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $6,178.80 $289.60 – $2,109.25

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