Knee orth pos locking joint 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

$1,288.20

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.

$2,147.00

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.

$242.36 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $2,262.72 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 $242.36 ↓ -81%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $429.40 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $429.40 ↓ -67%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $459.51 ↓ -64%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $519.57 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $538.90 ↓ -58%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $708.51 ↓ -45%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $815.86 ↓ -37%
Aetna ACO $1,054.18 ↓ -18%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $1,118.59 ↓ -13%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $1,186.65 ↓ -8%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $1,186.65 ↓ -8%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $1,245.90 ↓ -3%
Aetna Commercial $1,316.11 ↑ +2%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,385.72 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $1,395.55 ↑ +8%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $1,614.54 ↑ +25%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $1,824.95 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $2,262.72 ↑ +76%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $2,262.72 ↑ +76%

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Knee orth pos locking joint at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,288.20 $242.36 – $1,824.95
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,288.20 $242.36 – $1,385.72
UPMC Lititz Lititz $1,288.20 $166.69 – $1,385.72
UPMC Memorial York $1,288.20 $166.69 – $1,385.72
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,288.20 $212.76 – $830.00

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