Discography cerv/thor spine 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

$4,030.20

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.

$6,717.00

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.

$47.16 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $9,036.05 with Cigna — 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 Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $47.16 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $76.20 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $76.20 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $78.00 ↓ -98%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $81.72 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $87.40 ↓ -98%
Premier Comp Solutions Worker's Comp $844.41 ↓ -79%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $844.41 ↓ -79%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $900.08 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,296.57 ↓ -68%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,343.40 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $1,343.40 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $1,856.80 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare $1,956.21 ↓ -51%
Geisinger Medicare $1,969.34 ↓ -51%
Cigna Medicare $1,969.34 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Medicare $2,006.85 ↓ -50%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $2,492.01 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $2,512.16 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $2,512.16 ↓ -38%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $2,968.91 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $2,989.07 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $2,989.07 ↓ -26%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $3,000.90 ↓ -26%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $3,150.94 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $3,150.94 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $3,150.94 ↓ -22%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $3,694.35 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Commercial $4,398.29 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $4,701.90 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $4,863.11 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,943.71 ↑ +23%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $5,037.75 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Children's Health Insurance $5,544.53 ↑ +38%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $5,709.45 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $5,773.35 ↑ +43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $5,899.39 ↑ +46%
Cigna Commercial $9,036.05 ↑ +124%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Discography cerv/thor spine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $4,030.20 $47.16 – $5,709.45
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4,030.20 $47.16 – $5,709.45
UPMC Hanover Hanover $4,030.20 $47.16 – $2,984.77
UPMC Memorial York $4,030.20 $47.16 – $2,996.02
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,987.80 $46.08 – $946.81
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $10,866.00 $43.20 – $2,047.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $4,030.20 $41.40 – $1,861.73
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $2,404.00 $46.08 – $806.88

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