Plc pq device breast ea addl lesion Ultrasound guide 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

$969.00

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.

$1,615.00

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.

$44.51 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $2,120.00 with Aetna — 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $44.51 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $45.87 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $46.28 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $49.50 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $57.91 ↓ -94%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $323.00 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $323.00 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $390.83 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $405.37 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $410.09 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $539.69 ↓ -44%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $892.61 ↓ -8%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $892.61 ↓ -8%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $937.18 ↓ -3%
InterGroup PPO $1,049.75 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $1,117.77 ↑ +15%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $1,117.77 ↑ +15%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $1,214.48 ↑ +25%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $1,372.75 ↑ +42%
Aetna ACO $1,633.00 ↑ +69%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $1,802.00 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial $2,120.00 ↑ +119%

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Plc pq device breast ea addl lesion Ultrasound guide at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $592.20 $33.98 – $789.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $3,631.80 $35.68 – $5,447.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $969.00 $43.15 – $9,539.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $76.80 $35.48 – $771.51
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,438.20 $37.38 – $515.71
UPMC Hanover Hanover $969.00 $43.15 – $539.69
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,337.40 $35.68 – $526.81
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,337.40 $37.18 – $515.71

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