Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 7.5 cm - 12042 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

$819.00

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.

$1,365.00

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.

$45.09 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 $45.09 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $48.35 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $51.71 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $60.50 ↓ -93%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $273.00 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $273.00 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $330.33 ↓ -60%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $330.49 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $389.08 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $394.94 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare $404.80 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare $409.91 ↓ -50%
Cigna Medicare $412.66 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare $420.52 ↓ -49%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $424.45 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $636.27 ↓ -22%
InterGroup PPO $741.20 ↓ -9%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $844.01 ↑ +3%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $844.01 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↑ +24%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $1,026.48 ↑ +25%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $1,160.25 ↑ +42%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $1,471.05 ↑ +80%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $1,471.05 ↑ +80%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $1,471.05 ↑ +80%
Aetna ACO $1,633.00 ↑ +99%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $1,802.00 ↑ +120%
Aetna Commercial $2,120.00 ↑ +159%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 7.5 cm - 12042 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $820.80 $35.50 – $1,094.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $454.20 $37.27 – $681.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $819.00 $45.09 – $1,160.25
UPMC Cole Coudersport $910.20 $37.27 – $2,325.85
UPMC East Monroeville $856.80 $39.05 – $1,142.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $857.40 $39.05 – $554.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $610.80 $39.05 – $399.94
UPMC Hanover Hanover $819.00 $45.09 – $1,016.56

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