Partial excision bone tars/metatars exc talus/calcaneus (both sides) (rest meth ii cah) at UPMC Community Osteopathic

111 South Front Street, Harrisburg, PA · UPMC · · NPI 157809786

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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.

$354.38 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $5,805.45 with Capital Blue Cross — same scan, same building. Share

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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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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 $354.38
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $357.52
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $382.36
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $447.35
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,152.77
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,638.05
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $3,159.74
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $3,207.30
Humana Medicare $3,287.41
Aetna Medicare $3,328.90
Cigna Medicare $3,351.24
United Healthcare Medicare $3,415.08
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,446.99
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $3,454.83
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $3,454.83
Aetna ACO $3,737.00
Aetna PEBTF ACO $4,126.00
Aetna Commercial $4,854.00
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $5,805.45
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $5,805.45
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $5,805.45
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Partial excision bone tars/metatars exc talus/calcaneus (both sides) (rest meth ii cah) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $6,501.60 $333.38 – $9,210.60
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,004.40 $275.62 – $1,339.20
UPMC Hanover Hanover $6,501.60 $333.38 – $4,959.33
UPMC Lititz Lititz $6,501.60 $333.38 – $4,986.11
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $5,397.60 $288.75 – $1,244.03
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $4,810.50 $205.80 – $6,587.02
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $262.50 – $3,340.82
UPMC East Monroeville not published $288.75 – $3,402.68

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