Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos 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

$537.00

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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.

$895.00

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.

$37.52 with Prime Net vs $389.40 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
Prime Net Managed Medicare $37.52 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $40.20 ↓ -93%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $56.00 ↓ -90%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $56.00 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $92.79 ↓ -83%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $103.88 ↓ -81%
Aetna ACO $104.72 ↓ -80%
Prime Net ACO $104.72 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $122.56 ↓ -77%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $123.76 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial $124.60 ↓ -77%
Prime Net GateKeeper $124.60 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $129.12 ↓ -76%
Cigna Medicare $129.99 ↓ -76%
Geisinger Medicare $129.99 ↓ -76%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $131.35 ↓ -76%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $131.35 ↓ -76%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $131.35 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicare $132.47 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $138.21 ↓ -74%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $154.00 ↓ -71%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $154.00 ↓ -71%
Geisinger Commercial $183.34 ↓ -66%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $196.00 ↓ -64%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $198.08 ↓ -63%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $202.72 ↓ -62%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $210.00 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial $218.40 ↓ -59%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $238.00 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Children's Health Insurance $365.98 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Commercial $371.00 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $381.08 ↓ -29%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $389.40 ↓ -27%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —

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Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $93.60 $38.42 – $132.72
UPMC Bedford Everett $266.40 $38.42 – $399.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $537.00 $38.36 – $238.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $86.40 $18.57 – $53.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $537.00 $40.20 – $238.00
UPMC East Monroeville $436.80 $38.42 – $582.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $138.60 $38.42 – $153.18
UPMC Northwest Seneca $240.00 $38.42 – $132.72

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