Insertion tunneled centrally inserted central venous access device with port >= 5 years old (both sides) 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

$8,004.00

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$13,340.00

Gross charge

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The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

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$1,016.56 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $11,339.00 with Wellspan Population Health — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $1,016.56 ↓ -87%
InterGroup PPO $1,329.40 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,565.31 ↓ -80%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,485.26 ↓ -69%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,668.00 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $2,668.00 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $3,065.17 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $3,111.30 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare $3,189.01 ↓ -60%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $3,228.28 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $3,229.26 ↓ -60%
Cigna Medicare $3,250.94 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,312.86 ↓ -59%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,343.82 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $3,694.53 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $3,694.53 ↓ -54%
Aetna ACO $3,737.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $4,126.00 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial $4,854.00 ↓ -39%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $7,337.00 ↓ -8%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $9,755.55 ↑ +22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $9,755.55 ↑ +22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $9,755.55 ↑ +22%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $10,031.68 ↑ +25%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $11,339.00 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital

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Insertion tunneled centrally inserted central venous access device with port >= 5 years old (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,532.60 $895.03 – $3,376.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $8,004.00 $1,016.56 – $11,339.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $3,449.40 $167.58 – $2,374.80
UPMC East Monroeville $3,746.40 $903.55 – $4,995.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,869.80 $895.03 – $4,364.40
UPMC Hanover Hanover $8,004.00 $1,016.56 – $4,810.90
UPMC Jameson New Castle $4,320.00 $892.40 – $4,051.03
UPMC Lititz Lititz $8,004.00 $1,016.56 – $4,836.88

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