Ghs intro needle/intracath vein - 36000 at UPMC Community Osteopathic
111 South Front Street, Harrisburg, PA · UPMC · · NPI 157809786
$2,304.60
Cash price 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.
$3,841.00
Gross charge 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.
$10.26 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $1,016.56 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $10.26 | ↓ -100% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $11.00 | ↓ -100% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $11.77 | ↓ -99% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $13.77 | ↓ -99% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage | $107.60 | ↓ -95% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $107.60 | ↓ -95% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $124.23 | ↓ -95% |
| Prime Net | Managed Medicare | $130.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $135.04 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | ACO | $264.16 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | PEBTF ACO | $280.30 | ↓ -88% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Commercial | $297.35 | ↓ -87% |
| Capital Blue Cross | CHIP | $297.35 | ↓ -87% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $300.89 | ↓ -87% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Commercial | $312.20 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $329.79 | ↓ -86% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $349.70 | ↓ -85% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial | $383.64 | ↓ -83% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | CHIP | $383.64 | ↓ -83% |
| Prime Net | FH-Medical Rental | $404.58 | ↓ -82% |
| Wellspan Population Health | Commercial | $457.30 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $1,016.56 | ↓ -56% |
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Ghs intro needle/intracath vein - 36000 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $226.80 | $8.48 – $134.23 |
| UPMC Kane | Kane | $595.20 | $8.89 – $148.28 |
| UPMC McKeesport | Mckeesport | $489.60 | $8.89 – $93.83 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $406.80 | $8.89 – $92.94 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $118.20 | $8.89 – $993.28 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $143.20 | $8.89 – $993.28 |
| WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital | Chambersburg | $100.80 | $10.10 – $90.72 |
| WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital | Ephrata | $100.80 | $10.10 – $27.47 |