Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 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

$1,951.80

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.

$3,253.00

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.

$49.95 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $2,765.05 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 $49.95 ↓ -97%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $50.39 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $53.89 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $63.06 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $222.07 ↓ -89%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $650.60 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $650.60 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $674.41 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $684.56 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare $701.66 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare $710.51 ↓ -64%
Cigna Medicare $715.28 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Medicare $728.91 ↓ -63%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $735.72 ↓ -62%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $787.23 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↓ -48%
Aetna ACO $1,633.00 ↓ -16%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,712.42 ↓ -12%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $1,802.00 ↓ -8%
InterGroup PPO $2,114.45 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $2,120.00 ↑ +9%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $2,249.82 ↑ +15%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $2,249.82 ↑ +15%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $2,446.26 ↑ +25%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $2,656.50 ↑ +36%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $2,656.50 ↑ +36%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $2,656.50 ↑ +36%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $2,765.05 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital

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Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,192.20 $37.00 – $1,589.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $3,913.20 $38.85 – $5,869.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,951.80 $46.99 – $2,765.05
UPMC Cole Coudersport $123.00 $38.85 – $771.51
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,310.60 $40.70 – $960.26
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,449.40 $40.70 – $693.24
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,951.80 $46.99 – $1,058.50
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,138.20 $40.70 – $1,060.34

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