Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction 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

$418.20

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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.

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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$697.00

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.

$36.40 with UPMC Work Partners vs $592.45 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

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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $36.40 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $66.25 ↓ -84%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $139.40 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $139.40 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $153.03 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP $154.23 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $154.23 ↓ -63%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $168.67 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $198.07 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $201.05 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare $206.07 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare $208.67 ↓ -50%
Cigna Medicare $210.07 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare $214.07 ↓ -49%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $216.08 ↓ -48%
Aetna ACO $342.23 ↓ -18%
Aetna PEBTF ACO $363.14 ↓ -13%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $383.35 ↓ -8%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $385.23 ↓ -8%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $385.23 ↓ -8%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $404.47 ↓ -3%
Aetna Commercial $427.26 ↑ +2%
InterGroup PPO $453.05 ↑ +8%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $524.14 ↑ +25%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $592.45 ↑ +42%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $126.00 $24.67 – $209.42
UPMC Bedford Everett $59.40 $24.75 – $209.42
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $418.20 $47.91 – $592.45
UPMC Cole Coudersport $63.00 $15.63 – $84.00
UPMC East Monroeville $128.40 $24.90 – $209.42
UPMC Hamot Erie $617.40 $24.67 – $241.69
UPMC Northwest Seneca $74.40 $34.78 – $209.42
UPMC Hanover Hanover $418.20 $36.40 – $310.88

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