Removal cerumen impacted (both sides) 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

$120.60

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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.

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$201.00

Gross charge

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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.

$40.20 with Keystone Health Plan 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

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 $40.20 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $40.20 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $48.64 ↓ -60%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $48.78 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $57.85 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $58.72 ↓ -51%
Humana Medicare $60.18 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $60.94 ↓ -49%
Cigna Medicare $61.35 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare $62.52 ↓ -48%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $63.10 ↓ -48%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $71.39 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $76.73 ↓ -36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $76.73 ↓ -36%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $110.55 ↓ -8%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $116.64 ↓ -3%
InterGroup PPO $130.65 ↑ +8%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $151.15 ↑ +25%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $170.85 ↑ +42%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $316.00 ↑ +162%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $316.00 ↑ +162%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↑ +743%
Aetna ACO $1,633.00 ↑ +1254%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $1,802.00 ↑ +1394%
Aetna Commercial $2,120.00 ↑ +1658%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Removal cerumen impacted (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $120.00 $18.59 – $160.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $75.60 $20.43 – $113.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $120.60 $27.54 – $1,016.56
UPMC Cole Coudersport $153.00 $9.70 – $98.03
UPMC East Monroeville $76.80 $18.77 – $102.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $139.80 $18.59 – $82.37
UPMC Northwest Seneca $79.80 $23.04 – $68.22
UPMC Hanover Hanover $120.60 $48.78 – $1,016.56

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