Pr hospital ip/obs care initial straightforward or low level per day 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

$277.80

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.

$463.00

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.

$85.22 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $393.55 with Wellspan Population Health — 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 $85.22 ↓ -69%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $92.60 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $92.60 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $112.05 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $116.21 ↓ -58%
InterGroup PPO $147.05 ↓ -47%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $160.40 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $187.82 ↓ -32%
Aetna ACO $227.33 ↓ -18%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $241.22 ↓ -13%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $254.65 ↓ -8%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $255.90 ↓ -8%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $255.90 ↓ -8%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $268.68 ↓ -3%
Aetna Commercial $283.82 ↑ +2%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $312.99 ↑ +13%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $312.99 ↑ +13%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $348.18 ↑ +25%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $393.55 ↑ +42%

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Pr hospital ip/obs care initial straightforward or low level per day at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $123.00 $56.83 – $164.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $277.80 $57.90 – $151.43

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