Natriuretic peptide 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

$199.20

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.

$332.00

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.

$37.94 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $364.19 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $37.94 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $38.87 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $39.45 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare $40.44 ↓ -80%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $40.60 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $40.95 ↓ -79%
Cigna Medicare $41.22 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare $42.01 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $42.40 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $49.70 ↓ -75%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $51.67 ↓ -74%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $55.26 ↓ -72%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $64.66 ↓ -68%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $66.40 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $66.40 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $80.34 ↓ -60%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $129.92 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $195.55 ↓ -2%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $198.41 ↓ -0%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $198.41 ↓ -0%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $198.41 ↓ -0%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $207.50 ↑ +4%
InterGroup PPO $215.80 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $244.35 ↑ +23%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $249.66 ↑ +25%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $282.20 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $364.19 ↑ +83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $364.19 ↑ +83%

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Natriuretic peptide at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $159.00 $37.94 – $212.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $273.00 $14.17 – $409.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $199.20 $37.94 – $282.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $321.60 $25.52 – $428.80
UPMC East Monroeville $704.40 $35.74 – $939.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $192.00 $37.94 – $91.10
UPMC Northwest Seneca $287.40 $35.60 – $43.63
UPMC Hanover Hanover $199.20 $37.94 – $62.82

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