Excision benign lesion scalp/neck/hands/feet/genitalia 1.1 - 2.0 cm 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

$348.00

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.

$580.00

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.

$50.62 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $3,135.30 with Capital Blue Cross — 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 $50.62 ↓ -85%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $51.08 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $54.62 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $63.91 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $287.34 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $493.00 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $970.71 ↑ +179%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,577.86 ↑ +353%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $1,601.61 ↑ +360%
Aetna ACO $1,633.00 ↑ +369%
Humana Medicare $1,641.61 ↑ +372%
Aetna Medicare $1,662.33 ↑ +378%
Cigna Medicare $1,673.49 ↑ +381%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,705.37 ↑ +390%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,721.30 ↑ +395%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,732.25 ↑ +398%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $1,802.00 ↑ +418%
Aetna Commercial $2,120.00 ↑ +509%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $2,249.82 ↑ +547%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $2,249.82 ↑ +547%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $3,135.30 ↑ +801%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $3,135.30 ↑ +801%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $3,135.30 ↑ +801%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Excision benign lesion scalp/neck/hands/feet/genitalia 1.1 - 2.0 cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,515.40 $37.50 – $4,687.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,910.60 $47.62 – $4,123.35
UPMC Cole Coudersport $233.40 $39.38 – $2,325.85
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,910.60 $47.62 – $2,476.51
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $2,427.00 $41.25 – $1,668.28
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $2,829.60 $41.25 – $1,699.17
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,427.00 $41.25 – $1,699.17
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,961.60 $41.25 – $1,699.17

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