Ghs IV thrombolytics - cerebral 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

$1,295.40

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.

$2,159.00

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.

$265.80 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $2,254.50 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 $265.80 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $323.02 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $327.88 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare $336.07 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare $340.31 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $342.59 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $349.12 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $352.38 ↓ -73%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $431.80 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $431.80 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $438.20 ↓ -66%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $522.48 ↓ -60%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $672.25 ↓ -48%
Aetna ACO $1,060.07 ↓ -18%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $1,124.84 ↓ -13%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,187.45 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $1,323.47 ↑ +2%
InterGroup PPO $1,403.35 ↑ +8%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $1,471.05 ↑ +14%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $1,471.05 ↑ +14%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $1,471.05 ↑ +14%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $1,623.57 ↑ +25%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $1,835.15 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $2,254.50 ↑ +74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $2,254.50 ↑ +74%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs IV thrombolytics - cerebral at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $544.20 $322.49 – $725.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $3,883.80 $114.10 – $5,825.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,295.40 $174.51 – $1,835.15
UPMC East Monroeville $2,286.00 $250.33 – $3,048.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,456.60 $364.97 – $642.37
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,635.60 $286.79 – $642.37
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,295.40 $265.80 – $672.25
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $2,423.40 $245.48 – $642.37

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