Pet CT whole body initial at UPMC Community Osteopathic
111 South Front Street, Harrisburg, PA · UPMC · · NPI 157809786
$5,639.40
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.
$9,399.00
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.
$1,581.50 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $18,069.18 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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| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $1,581.50 | ↓ -72% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $1,663.22 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $1,783.70 | ↓ -68% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage | $1,879.80 | ↓ -67% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $1,879.80 | ↓ -67% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $1,907.59 | ↓ -66% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $2,231.85 | ↓ -60% |
| Prime Net | Managed Medicare | $2,274.56 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $2,359.15 | ↓ -58% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $2,913.12 | ↓ -48% |
| Capital Blue Cross | CHIP | $4,992.65 | ↓ -11% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Commercial | $4,992.65 | ↓ -11% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Commercial | $4,992.65 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | ACO | $5,536.01 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | PEBTF ACO | $5,874.38 | ↑ +4% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $6,109.35 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $6,917.66 | ↑ +23% |
| Prime Net | FH-Medical Rental | $7,068.05 | ↑ +25% |
| Wellspan Population Health | Commercial | $7,989.15 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial | $18,069.18 | ↑ +220% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | CHIP | $18,069.18 | ↑ +220% |
| Tricare | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Pet CT whole body initial at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $6,894.60 | $1,207.25 – $9,192.80 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $5,639.40 | $800.00 – $7,989.15 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $8,079.60 | $1,375.10 – $10,772.80 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $12,895.20 | $808.81 – $1,506.06 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $5,639.40 | $800.00 – $7,584.17 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $10,151.40 | $811.41 – $2,609.44 |
| UPMC Kane | Kane | $6,019.80 | $1,440.58 – $6,865.29 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $5,639.40 | $800.00 – $7,584.17 |