Bone marrow;aspiration only 38220 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

$2,080.80

Cash price

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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.

$3,468.00

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.

$69.44 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $4,894.81 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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $69.44 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $71.08 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $71.63 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $73.82 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $74.47 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $79.65 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $405.00 ↓ -81%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $464.71 ↓ -78%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $693.60 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $693.60 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $1,286.63 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $1,297.03 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $1,297.03 ↓ -38%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $1,532.86 ↓ -26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $1,540.62 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $1,543.26 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $1,543.26 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medicare $1,623.10 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $1,626.84 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $1,626.84 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $1,626.84 ↓ -22%
Cigna Medicare $1,633.99 ↓ -21%
Geisinger Medicare $1,633.99 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,665.11 ↓ -20%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,858.30 ↓ -11%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $1,907.40 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Commercial $2,270.85 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,427.60 ↑ +17%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $2,489.89 ↑ +20%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $2,510.83 ↑ +21%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,601.00 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $2,947.80 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial $3,397.00 ↑ +63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Children's Health Insurance $4,600.38 ↑ +121%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $4,790.23 ↑ +130%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $4,894.81 ↑ +135%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Bone marrow;aspiration only 38220 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,080.80 $69.44 – $2,947.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $279.00 $39.92 – $771.51
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,080.80 $69.44 – $1,858.30
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,080.80 $69.44 – $2,476.51
UPMC Kane Kane $972.60 $60.15 – $644.51
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1,314.60 $60.15 – $1,668.28
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $1,124.40 $60.15 – $387.00
UPMC Memorial York $2,080.80 $69.44 – $2,485.84

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