Autologous blood process 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

$201.60

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.

$336.00

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.

$45.02 with Prime Net vs $517.67 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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
Prime Net Managed Medicare $45.02 ↓ -78%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $67.20 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $67.20 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $124.66 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $125.66 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $125.66 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $125.66 ↓ -38%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $148.51 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $149.52 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $149.52 ↓ -26%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $157.62 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $157.62 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $157.62 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $162.93 ↓ -19%
Aetna Medicare $171.66 ↓ -15%
Geisinger Medicare $172.81 ↓ -14%
Cigna Medicare $172.81 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Medicare $176.10 ↓ -13%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $184.80 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $184.80 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $202.25 ↑ +0%
Geisinger Commercial $220.01 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $235.20 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $243.26 ↑ +21%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $252.00 ↑ +25%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $263.33 ↑ +31%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $265.05 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial $268.36 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $285.60 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Children's Health Insurance $486.53 ↑ +141%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $506.61 ↑ +151%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $517.67 ↑ +157%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Autologous blood process at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $201.60 $46.03 – $285.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $201.60 $43.40 – $265.05
UPMC East Monroeville $680.40 $72.91 – $907.20
UPMC Hanover Hanover $201.60 $125.66 – $265.05
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $253.80 $73.83 – $176.44
UPMC Jameson New Castle $253.80 $7.44 – $176.44
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $301.20 $77.15 – $179.71
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $325.20 $74.84 – $179.71

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