Change of windpipe airway 31502 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

$463.80

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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.

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$773.00

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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$103.58 with Prime Net vs $701.55 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

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
Prime Net Managed Medicare $103.58 ↓ -78%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $123.08 ↓ -73%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $154.60 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $154.60 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Commercial $163.00 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $166.08 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $220.81 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare $232.63 ↓ -50%
Cigna Medicare $234.19 ↓ -50%
Geisinger Medicare $234.19 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare $238.65 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $282.41 ↓ -39%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $286.78 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $289.10 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $289.10 ↓ -38%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $341.67 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $343.99 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $343.99 ↓ -26%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $356.86 ↓ -23%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $362.61 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $362.61 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $362.61 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $387.00 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $425.15 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $425.15 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Commercial $506.16 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $541.10 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $559.65 ↑ +21%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $579.75 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $657.05 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Children's Health Insurance $659.35 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $686.56 ↑ +48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $701.55 ↑ +51%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —

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Change of windpipe airway 31502 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $454.20 $92.94 – $605.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $463.80 $105.90 – $657.05
UPMC Cole Coudersport $220.20 $10.53 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $463.80 $124.62 – $657.05
UPMC East Monroeville $319.20 $93.83 – $425.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $380.40 $92.94 – $322.01
UPMC Northwest Seneca $580.20 $119.08 – $239.10
UPMC Hanover Hanover $463.80 $124.62 – $354.94

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