Punc of shunt for asp or inj 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

$2,015.40

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.

$3,359.00

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.

$87.75 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $2,828.80 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $87.75 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $88.53 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $94.68 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $110.77 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $188.39 ↓ -91%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $665.60 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $665.60 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $674.41 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $684.56 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare $701.66 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare $710.51 ↓ -65%
Cigna Medicare $715.28 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare $728.91 ↓ -64%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $735.72 ↓ -63%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $805.38 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↓ -50%
Aetna ACO $1,633.00 ↓ -19%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,712.93 ↓ -15%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $1,802.00 ↓ -11%
Aetna Commercial $2,120.00 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $2,163.20 ↑ +7%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $2,249.82 ↑ +12%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $2,249.82 ↑ +12%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $2,502.66 ↑ +24%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $2,656.50 ↑ +32%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $2,656.50 ↑ +32%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $2,656.50 ↑ +32%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $2,828.80 ↑ +40%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital

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Punc of shunt for asp or inj at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,015.40 $82.55 – $2,828.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $98.40 $45.46 – $771.51
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,015.40 $82.55 – $1,058.50
UPMC Lititz Lititz $2,015.40 $82.55 – $1,064.22
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $3,119.40 $71.50 – $713.05
UPMC Memorial York $2,015.40 $82.55 – $1,062.50
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,098.80 $71.50 – $726.25
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,123.60 $71.50 – $931.20

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