Laryngoscop w/vc inj + scope 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

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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.

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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.

$255.15 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $7,348.95 with Keystone Health Plan — 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

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 $255.15
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $257.42
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $275.30
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $322.09
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $940.90
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,299.58
Aetna ACO $2,684.00
Aetna PEBTF ACO $2,963.00
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $3,012.49
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $3,012.49
Aetna Commercial $3,485.00
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $3,590.51
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $3,644.55
Humana Medicare $3,735.58
Aetna Medicare $3,782.73
Cigna Medicare $3,808.12
United Healthcare Medicare $3,880.65
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,916.92
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $7,348.95
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $7,348.95
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $7,348.95
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital

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Laryngoscop w/vc inj + scope at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $6,130.20 $207.90 – $3,866.57
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $189.00 – $3,796.26
UPMC Bedford Everett not published $198.45 – $3,796.26
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $207.90 – $3,690.81
UPMC Memorial York not published $240.03 – $5,656.67
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $207.90 – $3,866.57
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital Ephrata not published $3,560.86 – $8,754.00

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