Pr egd flexible transoral w/placement percutaneous gastrostomy tube 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

$2,361.00

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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.

$3,935.00

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.

$787.00 with Keystone Health Plan vs $3,485.00 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
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $787.00 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $787.00 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $952.27 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↓ -57%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,065.09 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,847.37 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $1,875.17 ↓ -21%
Humana Medicare $1,922.01 ↓ -19%
Aetna Medicare $1,946.27 ↓ -18%
Cigna Medicare $1,959.33 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,996.65 ↓ -15%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $2,015.31 ↓ -15%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2,164.25 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,315.66 ↓ -2%
InterGroup PPO $2,557.75 ↑ +8%
Aetna ACO $2,684.00 ↑ +14%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $2,959.12 ↑ +25%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $2,963.00 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $3,012.49 ↑ +28%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $3,012.49 ↑ +28%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $3,135.30 ↑ +33%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $3,135.30 ↑ +33%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $3,135.30 ↑ +33%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $3,344.75 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial $3,485.00 ↑ +48%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital

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Pr egd flexible transoral w/placement percutaneous gastrostomy tube at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,869.00 $729.80 – $2,492.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,581.00 $652.52 – $2,371.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,361.00 $539.10 – $3,344.75
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,693.20 $326.54 – $1,041.88
UPMC East Monroeville $3,055.20 $736.75 – $4,073.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,124.20 $729.80 – $2,630.42
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,550.40 $1,017.75 – $1,953.23
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,361.00 $1,016.56 – $2,899.50

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