Destroy premlg lesns;1st lesn 17000 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

$520.80

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.

$868.00

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.

$25.40 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $2,120.00 with Aetna — 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 $25.40 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $27.24 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $29.13 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $34.08 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $85.64 ↓ -84%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $173.60 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $173.60 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $193.51 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $196.42 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare $201.32 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare $203.86 ↓ -61%
Cigna Medicare $205.23 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare $209.14 ↓ -60%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $210.06 ↓ -60%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $211.10 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $417.76 ↓ -20%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $537.10 ↑ +3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $537.10 ↑ +3%
InterGroup PPO $564.20 ↑ +8%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $652.74 ↑ +25%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $737.80 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,209.13 ↑ +132%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $1,471.05 ↑ +182%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $1,471.05 ↑ +182%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $1,471.05 ↑ +182%
Aetna ACO $1,633.00 ↑ +214%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $1,802.00 ↑ +246%
Aetna Commercial $2,120.00 ↑ +307%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Destroy premlg lesns;1st lesn 17000 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $52.20 $20.00 – $130.12
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $520.80 $25.40 – $1,209.13
UPMC Cole Coudersport $75.00 $16.35 – $2,325.85
UPMC Hanover Hanover $520.80 $25.40 – $1,209.13
UPMC Kane Kane $249.60 $22.00 – $280.02
UPMC Lititz Lititz $520.80 $25.40 – $1,209.13
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $615.00 $22.00 – $204.60
UPMC Memorial York $520.80 $25.40 – $1,209.13

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