Exchange biliary drg cath 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

$7,502.40

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.

$12,504.00

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.

$162.24 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $10,628.40 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 $162.24 ↓ -98%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $163.69 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $175.05 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $204.81 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,091.86 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,071.33 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $2,248.59 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $2,248.59 ↓ -70%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,500.80 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $2,500.80 ↓ -67%
Aetna ACO $2,684.00 ↓ -64%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $2,963.00 ↓ -61%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $3,025.97 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $3,436.76 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial $3,485.00 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $3,488.48 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare $3,575.61 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare $3,620.74 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $3,645.04 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,714.47 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,749.19 ↓ -50%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $7,348.95 ↓ -2%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $7,348.95 ↓ -2%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $7,348.95 ↓ -2%
InterGroup PPO $8,127.60 ↑ +8%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $9,403.01 ↑ +25%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $10,628.40 ↑ +42%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Exchange biliary drg cath at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,273.40 $120.18 – $3,031.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $7,502.40 $152.63 – $10,628.40
UPMC East Monroeville $3,058.80 $132.20 – $4,078.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,045.00 $132.20 – $4,893.48
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,855.00 $132.20 – $3,532.77
UPMC Hanover Hanover $7,502.40 $152.63 – $5,394.10
UPMC Jameson New Castle $2,373.00 $132.20 – $4,542.13
UPMC Lititz Lititz $7,502.40 $152.63 – $5,423.23

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