App high cost ss f/n/g/h/f <100sq cm addl <25sq cm at UPMC Lititz

1500 Highlands Drive, Lititz, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1285167916

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$288.00

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.

$480.00

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.

$22.25 with Aetna vs $408.00 with Multiplan — 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
Aetna Medicare $22.25 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $25.78 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $50.44 ↓ -82%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $64.32 ↓ -78%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $96.00 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $96.00 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $178.08 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $179.52 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $179.52 ↓ -38%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $212.16 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $213.60 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $213.60 ↓ -26%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $225.17 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $225.17 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $225.17 ↓ -22%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $234.86 ↓ -18%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $264.00 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $264.00 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Commercial $314.30 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $336.00 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $347.52 ↑ +21%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $360.00 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $408.00 ↑ +42%

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App high cost ss f/n/g/h/f <100sq cm addl <25sq cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $288.00 $25.78 – $408.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $49.80 $23.01 – $1,041.88
UPMC Hamot Erie $168.60 $48.19 – $291.59
UPMC Hanover Hanover $288.00 $25.78 – $234.86
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $550.80 $48.19 – $150.54
UPMC Jameson New Castle $550.80 $22.25 – $234.86
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $384.00 $24.48 – $127.90
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $384.00 $53.17 – $129.83

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