Aspir/inj thyroid cyst 60300 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

$924.60

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.

$1,541.00

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.

$46.75 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $9,539.00 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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $46.75 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $47.85 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $48.22 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $49.69 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $50.14 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $53.62 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $157.91 ↓ -83%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $206.49 ↓ -78%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $308.20 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $308.20 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $508.37 ↓ -45%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $571.71 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $576.33 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $576.33 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $669.01 ↓ -28%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $681.12 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $685.75 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $685.75 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medicare $704.83 ↓ -24%
Cigna Medicare $709.56 ↓ -23%
Geisinger Medicare $709.56 ↓ -23%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $722.88 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $722.88 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $722.88 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Medicare $723.07 ↓ -22%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $847.55 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Commercial $1,009.05 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,078.70 ↑ +17%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $1,081.23 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $1,115.68 ↑ +21%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,155.75 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $1,309.85 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Children's Health Insurance $1,997.71 ↑ +116%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $2,080.16 ↑ +125%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $2,125.57 ↑ +130%
Cigna Commercial $9,539.00 ↑ +932%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Aspir/inj thyroid cyst 60300 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $924.60 $46.75 – $1,309.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $114.60 $38.65 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $924.60 $48.22 – $1,309.85
UPMC Hanover Hanover $924.60 $46.75 – $1,075.42
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,180.80 $40.49 – $724.45
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,180.80 $40.49 – $905.57
UPMC Kane Kane $1,040.40 $40.49 – $448.52
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $769.20 $40.49 – $737.87

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