Ghs alcohol, methyl (methanol)-medtox 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

$115.80

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.

$193.00

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.

$13.68 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $174.63 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $13.68 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $16.94 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $17.19 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare $17.62 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $17.69 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $17.85 ↓ -85%
Cigna Medicare $17.97 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare $18.31 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $18.48 ↓ -84%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $38.60 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $38.60 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $46.71 ↓ -60%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $93.96 ↓ -19%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $93.96 ↓ -19%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $93.96 ↓ -19%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $106.15 ↓ -8%
Aetna ACO $113.68 ↓ -2%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $120.62 ↑ +4%
InterGroup PPO $125.45 ↑ +8%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $133.78 ↑ +16%
Aetna Commercial $142.05 ↑ +23%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $145.14 ↑ +25%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $164.05 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $174.63 ↑ +51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $174.63 ↑ +51%

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Ghs alcohol, methyl (methanol)-medtox at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $100.20 $16.91 – $133.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $265.80 $6.17 – $398.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $76.80 $11.12 – $102.40
UPMC East Monroeville $338.40 $16.91 – $451.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $121.20 $16.91 – $43.68
UPMC Northwest Seneca $147.60 $15.52 – $18.48
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $136.20 $15.32 – $32.11
UPMC Jameson New Castle $108.60 $12.01 – $44.45

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