Bx pleura pq ndl at UPMC Lititz
1500 Highlands Drive, Lititz, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1285167916
$2,080.80
Cash price 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.
$3,468.00
Gross charge 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.
$102.92 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $102.92 | ↓ -95% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $105.35 | ↓ -95% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $109.40 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $110.38 | ↓ -95% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $118.04 | ↓ -94% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $291.73 | ↓ -86% |
| Prime Net | Managed Medicare | $464.71 | ↓ -78% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $693.60 | ↓ -67% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage | $693.60 | ↓ -67% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $1,016.56 | ↓ -51% |
| Prime Net | Legacy Commercial | $1,286.63 | ↓ -38% |
| Prime Net | ACO | $1,297.03 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | ACO | $1,297.03 | ↓ -38% |
| Prime Net | NonGateKeeper | $1,532.86 | ↓ -26% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare | $1,540.62 | ↓ -26% |
| Prime Net | GateKeeper | $1,543.26 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $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% |
| Geisinger | Medicare | $1,633.99 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $1,633.99 | ↓ -21% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $1,665.11 | ↓ -20% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $1,713.66 | ↓ -18% |
| 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% |
| 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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Bx pleura pq ndl at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $1,224.60 | $81.04 – $1,632.80 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $2,080.80 | $102.92 – $2,947.80 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $2,080.80 | $109.40 – $2,947.80 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $1,608.00 | $89.14 – $2,144.00 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $2,080.80 | $102.92 – $2,476.51 |
| UPMC Kane | Kane | $243.60 | $89.14 – $702.90 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $3,999.60 | $89.14 – $1,668.28 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | $2,080.80 | $102.92 – $2,485.84 |