Echo guide for amniocentesis 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

$295.80

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.

$493.00

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.

$24.37 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $419.05 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 Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $24.37 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $28.16 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $47.10 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $47.10 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $48.22 ↓ -84%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $50.52 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $54.03 ↓ -82%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $66.06 ↓ -78%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $98.60 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $98.60 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $182.90 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $184.38 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $184.38 ↓ -38%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $184.81 ↓ -38%
Premier Comp Solutions Worker's Comp $184.81 ↓ -38%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $217.91 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $219.38 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $219.38 ↓ -26%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $231.27 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $231.27 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $231.27 ↓ -22%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $271.15 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $290.14 ↓ -2%
Geisinger Commercial $322.82 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $345.10 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $356.93 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Commercial $362.85 ↑ +23%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $369.75 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial $384.54 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $419.05 ↑ +42%

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Echo guide for amniocentesis at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $295.80 $24.37 – $419.05
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $295.80 $24.37 – $419.05
UPMC Hamot Erie $511.80 $40.80 – $193.13
UPMC Hanover Hanover $295.80 $24.37 – $189.05
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $388.20 $30.98 – $193.13
UPMC Memorial York $295.80 $24.37 – $189.05
UPMC Muncy Muncy $499.20 $23.81 – $206.60
UPMC Somerset Somerset $295.80 $21.39 – $176.59

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