Artery x-rays lungs 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

$5,906.40

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.

$9,844.00

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.

$29.48 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $14,564.42 with Cigna — 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 $29.48 ↓ -100%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $47.62 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $47.62 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $48.75 ↓ -99%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $51.08 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $54.62 ↓ -99%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $1,319.10 ↓ -78%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,322.40 ↓ -78%
Premier Comp Solutions Worker's Comp $1,322.40 ↓ -78%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,968.80 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $1,968.80 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,024.01 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $2,992.82 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare $3,153.04 ↓ -47%
Geisinger Medicare $3,174.20 ↓ -46%
Cigna Medicare $3,174.20 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,234.66 ↓ -45%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $3,652.12 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $3,681.66 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $3,681.66 ↓ -38%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $4,351.05 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $4,380.58 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $4,380.58 ↓ -26%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $4,617.82 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $4,617.82 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $4,617.82 ↓ -22%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $4,836.88 ↓ -18%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $5,414.20 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Commercial $6,445.85 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $6,890.80 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $7,127.06 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Commercial $7,245.18 ↑ +23%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $7,383.00 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $8,367.40 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Children's Health Insurance $8,936.74 ↑ +51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $9,305.55 ↑ +58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $9,508.70 ↑ +61%
Cigna Commercial $14,564.42 ↑ +147%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Artery x-rays lungs at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,754.20 $22.50 – $5,005.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $5,906.40 $29.48 – $8,367.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $5,906.40 $29.48 – $8,367.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $6,954.60 $41.25 – $4,114.32
UPMC Hanover Hanover $5,906.40 $29.48 – $4,810.90
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $3,660.60 $41.25 – $3,240.82
UPMC Memorial York $5,906.40 $29.48 – $4,829.02
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,797.80 $41.25 – $3,300.84

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