Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) 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

$96.60

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.

$161.00

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.

$16.88 with United Healthcare vs $136.85 with Multiplan — 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
United Healthcare Commercial $16.88 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $17.00 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $18.77 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $19.60 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $19.78 ↓ -80%
Cigna Medicare $19.91 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicare $19.91 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare $20.29 ↓ -79%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $21.57 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $21.59 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $22.10 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $22.27 ↓ -77%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $23.15 ↓ -76%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $24.76 ↓ -74%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $30.34 ↓ -69%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $32.20 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $32.20 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial $49.28 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Children's Health Insurance $56.05 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $58.36 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $59.64 ↓ -38%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $59.73 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $60.21 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $60.21 ↓ -38%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $71.16 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $71.64 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $71.64 ↓ -26%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $75.53 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $75.53 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $75.53 ↓ -22%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $88.55 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Commercial $105.42 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $112.70 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $113.74 ↑ +18%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $116.56 ↑ +21%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $120.75 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $136.85 ↑ +42%

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Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $201.60 $17.00 – $268.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $91.20 $6.84 – $136.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $96.60 $16.88 – $136.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $129.60 $12.32 – $172.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $96.60 $16.60 – $113.74
UPMC East Monroeville $283.20 $17.00 – $377.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $241.20 $17.00 – $36.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $96.60 $17.19 – $20.48

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