Ghs gastric intub aspiration lavage 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

$403.20

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.

$672.00

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.

$20.97 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $2,120.00 with Aetna — 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 $20.97 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $22.49 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $24.05 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $28.14 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $32.97 ↓ -92%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $134.40 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $134.40 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $162.62 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $239.88 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $239.88 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $303.26 ↓ -25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $307.82 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare $315.51 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $316.00 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $316.00 ↓ -22%
Aetna Medicare $319.49 ↓ -21%
Cigna Medicare $321.64 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Medicare $327.76 ↓ -19%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $330.83 ↓ -18%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $389.96 ↓ -3%
InterGroup PPO $436.80 ↑ +8%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $505.34 ↑ +25%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $571.20 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $742.95 ↑ +84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↑ +152%
Aetna ACO $1,633.00 ↑ +305%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $1,802.00 ↑ +347%
Aetna Commercial $2,120.00 ↑ +426%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs gastric intub aspiration lavage at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $172.80 $16.51 – $230.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $403.20 $20.97 – $1,016.56
UPMC Cole Coudersport $190.20 $16.08 – $98.03
UPMC East Monroeville $229.20 $18.16 – $311.72
UPMC Hamot Erie $213.60 $18.16 – $431.79
UPMC Northwest Seneca $252.00 $18.16 – $311.72
UPMC Hanover Hanover $403.20 $20.97 – $1,016.56
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $463.20 $18.16 – $320.63

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