Benign lesion paring 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

$435.60

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.

$726.00

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.

$49.45 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 $49.45 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $49.45 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $50.62 ↓ -88%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $53.04 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $56.72 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $65.19 ↓ -85%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $97.28 ↓ -78%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $145.20 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $145.20 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $188.93 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare $199.05 ↓ -54%
Geisinger Medicare $200.38 ↓ -54%
Cigna Medicare $200.38 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $204.20 ↓ -53%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $269.35 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $271.52 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $271.52 ↓ -38%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $305.34 ↓ -30%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $320.89 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $323.07 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $323.07 ↓ -26%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $340.57 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $340.57 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $340.57 ↓ -22%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $399.30 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $420.50 ↓ -3%
Geisinger Commercial $475.38 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $508.20 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $525.62 ↑ +21%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $544.50 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Children's Health Insurance $564.16 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial $566.28 ↑ +30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $587.44 ↑ +35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $600.27 ↑ +38%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $617.10 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↑ +133%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Benign lesion paring 4+ at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $671.40 $38.94 – $895.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $435.60 $49.45 – $1,016.56
UPMC Cole Coudersport $210.60 $13.58 – $2,094.25
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $435.60 $49.45 – $1,016.56
UPMC Hanover Hanover $435.60 $49.45 – $1,016.56
UPMC Jameson New Castle $479.40 $42.83 – $892.40
UPMC Kane Kane $141.00 $42.83 – $373.29
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $436.20 $42.83 – $208.38

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