MRI orbit/face/neck without & w/contrast 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

$2,854.80

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.

$4,758.00

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.

$347.79 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $4,391.77 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $347.79 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $353.02 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare $361.84 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $366.41 ↓ -87%
Cigna Medicare $368.87 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare $375.89 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $379.40 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $619.33 ↓ -78%
Premier Comp Solutions Worker's Comp $650.00 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $727.15 ↓ -75%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $779.83 ↓ -73%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $833.99 ↓ -71%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $951.60 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $951.60 ↓ -67%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $975.76 ↓ -66%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $1,151.44 ↓ -60%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,084.90 ↓ -27%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,338.78 ↓ -18%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $2,577.81 ↓ -10%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $2,577.81 ↓ -10%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $2,577.81 ↓ -10%
Aetna ACO $2,802.46 ↓ -2%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $2,973.75 ↑ +4%
InterGroup PPO $3,092.70 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $3,501.89 ↑ +23%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $3,578.02 ↑ +25%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $4,044.30 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $4,391.77 ↑ +54%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $4,391.77 ↑ +54%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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MRI orbit/face/neck without & w/contrast at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,604.00 $425.00 – $3,472.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $2,563.20 $122.85 – $3,844.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,854.80 $338.22 – $4,044.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,897.20 $414.84 – $2,529.60
UPMC East Monroeville $6,218.40 $341.40 – $8,291.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,415.00 $263.55 – $1,992.24
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,815.40 $308.78 – $1,992.24
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,854.80 $337.76 – $2,084.90

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