MRA aorta thoracic w/wo contrast at UPMC Community Osteopathic
111 South Front Street, Harrisburg, PA · UPMC · · NPI 157809786
$191.40
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.
$319.00
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.
$63.80 with Keystone Health Plan vs $2,566.38 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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| Keystone Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $63.80 | ↓ -67% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage | $63.80 | ↓ -67% |
| Prime Net | Managed Medicare | $77.20 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $80.07 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | ACO | $187.89 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | PEBTF ACO | $199.38 | ↑ +4% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $207.35 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $234.78 | ↑ +23% |
| Prime Net | FH-Medical Rental | $239.89 | ↑ +25% |
| Wellspan Population Health | Commercial | $271.15 | ↑ +42% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $445.40 | ↑ +133% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $534.97 | ↑ +180% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $573.73 | ↑ +200% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $613.58 | ↑ +221% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $717.88 | ↑ +275% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $1,230.16 | ↑ +543% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $1,853.88 | ↑ +869% |
| Capital Blue Cross | CHIP | $2,044.59 | ↑ +968% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Commercial | $2,044.59 | ↑ +968% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Commercial | $2,044.59 | ↑ +968% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | CHIP | $2,566.38 | ↑ +1241% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial | $2,566.38 | ↑ +1241% |
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MRA aorta thoracic w/wo contrast at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $1,525.80 | $396.26 – $2,034.40 |
| UPMC Kane | Kane | $196.20 | $463.36 – $1,279.14 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $6,741.00 | $380.70 – $1,266.89 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $4,528.20 | $463.36 – $1,473.13 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $191.40 | $391.00 – $1,157.96 |
| WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital | Chambersburg | $734.50 | $228.18 – $1,466.71 |
| WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital | Ephrata | $734.50 | $235.78 – $1,466.71 |
| WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital | Waynesboro | $734.50 | $183.33 – $2,481.57 |