Consultation pathology during surgery 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

$78.60

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.

$131.00

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.

$9.91 with UPMC Health Plan vs $179.45 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
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $9.91 ↓ -87%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $17.55 ↓ -78%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $26.20 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $26.20 ↓ -67%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $29.77 ↓ -62%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $37.81 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $38.70 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $39.00 ↓ -50%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $40.55 ↓ -48%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $43.36 ↓ -45%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $48.60 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $48.99 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $48.99 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $56.48 ↓ -28%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $57.90 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $58.30 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $58.30 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medicare $59.50 ↓ -24%
Cigna Medicare $59.90 ↓ -24%
Geisinger Medicare $59.90 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare Medicare $61.04 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $61.45 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $61.45 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $61.45 ↓ -22%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $72.05 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Commercial $85.78 ↑ +9%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $91.28 ↑ +16%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $91.70 ↑ +17%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $94.72 ↑ +21%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $94.84 ↑ +21%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $98.25 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial $98.52 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $111.35 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Children's Health Insurance $168.65 ↑ +115%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $175.61 ↑ +123%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $179.45 ↑ +128%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Consultation pathology during surgery at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $78.60 $9.91 – $111.35
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $78.60 $9.91 – $111.35
UPMC East Monroeville $159.60 $2.73 – $212.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $133.80 $4.95 – $95.98
UPMC Northwest Seneca $63.60 $2.75 – $89.17
UPMC Hanover Hanover $78.60 $9.91 – $93.32
UPMC Jameson New Castle $55.80 $6.11 – $89.17
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $118.20 $2.89 – $95.98

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