Benign lesion paring 2-4 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

$364.20

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.

$607.00

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.

$37.69 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $1,016.56 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families — 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $37.69 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $37.69 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $38.58 ↓ -89%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $40.42 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $43.23 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $62.08 ↓ -83%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $81.34 ↓ -78%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $121.40 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $121.40 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $188.93 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare $199.05 ↓ -45%
Geisinger Medicare $200.38 ↓ -45%
Cigna Medicare $200.38 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Medicare $204.20 ↓ -44%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $225.20 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $227.02 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $227.02 ↓ -38%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $268.29 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $270.12 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $270.12 ↓ -26%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $284.74 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $284.74 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $284.74 ↓ -22%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $305.34 ↓ -16%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $333.85 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Commercial $397.46 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $420.50 ↑ +15%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $424.90 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $439.47 ↑ +21%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $455.25 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial $473.46 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $515.95 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Children's Health Insurance $564.16 ↑ +55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $587.44 ↑ +61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $600.27 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↑ +179%
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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Benign lesion paring 2-4 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $547.20 $29.68 – $729.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $552.60 $31.16 – $828.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $364.20 $37.69 – $1,016.56
UPMC Cole Coudersport $183.60 $9.98 – $2,094.25
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $364.20 $37.69 – $1,016.56
UPMC Hamot Erie $526.20 $32.65 – $275.52
UPMC Northwest Seneca $576.60 $32.65 – $229.01
UPMC Hanover Hanover $364.20 $37.69 – $1,016.56

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