Drain neck/chest lesion 21501 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

$5,874.00

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.

$9,790.00

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.

$119.47 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $8,321.50 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 $119.47 ↓ -98%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $120.54 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $128.91 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $150.82 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $536.87 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↓ -83%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,958.00 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $1,958.00 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,314.82 ↓ -61%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $2,369.18 ↓ -60%
Aetna ACO $2,684.00 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $2,787.19 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $2,829.14 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare $2,899.80 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare $2,936.40 ↓ -50%
Cigna Medicare $2,956.11 ↓ -50%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $2,963.00 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,012.41 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $3,012.49 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $3,012.49 ↓ -49%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,040.57 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial $3,485.00 ↓ -41%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $5,805.45 ↓ -1%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $5,805.45 ↓ -1%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $5,805.45 ↓ -1%
InterGroup PPO $6,363.50 ↑ +8%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $7,362.08 ↑ +25%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $8,321.50 ↑ +42%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Drain neck/chest lesion 21501 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $5,874.00 $112.39 – $8,321.50
UPMC Hanover Hanover $5,874.00 $112.39 – $4,374.59
UPMC Lititz Lititz $5,874.00 $112.39 – $4,398.21
UPMC Memorial York $5,874.00 $112.39 – $4,391.07
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,347.40 $97.35 – $3,001.48
UPMC Somerset Somerset $5,874.00 $97.35 – $2,728.62
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $3,338.50 $97.35 – $5,847.63
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $88.50 – $2,946.91

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