Parathyroid planar img w/tomo spect 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

$1,228.80

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,048.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$292.22 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $1,740.80 with Wellspan Population Health — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $292.22 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $339.74 ↓ -72%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $364.35 ↓ -70%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $389.66 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $391.32 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $397.21 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare $407.13 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $409.60 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $409.60 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare $412.27 ↓ -66%
Cigna Medicare $415.03 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Medicare $422.94 ↓ -66%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $426.89 ↓ -65%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $455.89 ↓ -63%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $495.62 ↓ -60%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $499.46 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $1,045.33 ↓ -15%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $1,045.33 ↓ -15%
Aetna ACO $1,206.27 ↓ -2%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,224.38 ↓ -0%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $1,280.00 ↑ +4%
InterGroup PPO $1,331.20 ↑ +8%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $1,432.17 ↑ +17%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $1,432.17 ↑ +17%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $1,432.17 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial $1,507.33 ↑ +23%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $1,540.10 ↑ +25%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $1,740.80 ↑ +42%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Parathyroid planar img w/tomo spect at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,228.80 $280.58 – $1,740.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,220.40 $280.89 – $1,627.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,884.60 $237.76 – $546.54
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,228.80 $292.22 – $614.19
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,657.80 $241.95 – $478.88
UPMC Lititz Lititz $1,228.80 $292.22 – $617.50
UPMC Memorial York $1,228.80 $193.78 – $1,823.04
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,859.40 $285.53 – $510.56

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →