Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb 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

$5,639.40

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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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$9,399.00

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.

$803.38 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $10,683.53 with Highmark BCBS of PA — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $803.38 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $867.52 ↓ -85%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $930.37 ↓ -84%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $994.99 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,164.12 ↓ -79%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,879.80 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $1,879.80 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $2,274.56 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $2,359.15 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $4,718.45 ↓ -16%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $4,992.65 ↓ -11%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $4,992.65 ↓ -11%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $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 $10,683.53 ↑ +89%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $10,683.53 ↑ +89%
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 fdg brain metoblic eval sb at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $4,077.60 $613.27 – $5,436.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $5,639.40 $800.00 – $7,989.15
UPMC Cole Coudersport $6,180.00 $717.24 – $8,240.00
UPMC Hanover Hanover $5,639.40 $800.00 – $7,584.17
UPMC Kane Kane $4,480.80 $751.40 – $5,997.30
UPMC Lititz Lititz $5,639.40 $800.00 – $7,584.17
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $7,773.00 $751.40 – $2,453.09
UPMC Memorial York $5,639.40 $800.00 – $7,584.17

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