Intracranial complete study at UPMC Community Osteopathic
111 South Front Street, Harrisburg, PA · UPMC · · NPI 157809786
$481.20
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.
$802.00
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.
$151.56 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $1,049.13 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.
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 | $151.56 | ↓ -69% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $156.34 | ↓ -68% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage | $160.40 | ↓ -67% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $160.40 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $162.54 | ↓ -66% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $173.83 | ↓ -64% |
| Prime Net | Managed Medicare | $194.08 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $201.30 | ↓ -58% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $203.38 | ↓ -58% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $325.31 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | ACO | $393.78 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | PEBTF ACO | $417.84 | ↓ -13% |
| Capital Blue Cross | CHIP | $443.27 | ↓ -8% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Commercial | $443.27 | ↓ -8% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Commercial | $465.40 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $491.63 | ↑ +2% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $521.30 | ↑ +8% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $526.68 | ↑ +9% |
| Prime Net | FH-Medical Rental | $603.10 | ↑ +25% |
| Wellspan Population Health | Commercial | $681.70 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial | $1,049.13 | ↑ +118% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | CHIP | $1,049.13 | ↑ +118% |
| Tricare | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Intracranial complete study at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $769.80 | $119.34 – $1,026.40 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $1,173.60 | $167.79 – $493.75 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $889.20 | $169.39 – $493.75 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $1,981.20 | $152.76 – $528.20 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $1,169.40 | $169.39 – $574.13 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $481.20 | $131.27 – $306.13 |