Echo transesophageal at UPMC Lititz
1500 Highlands Drive, Lititz, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1285167916
$1,737.60
Cash price 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.
$2,896.00
Gross charge 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.
$335.28 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $2,461.60 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $335.28 | ↓ -81% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $335.28 | ↓ -81% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $343.20 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $345.84 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $359.57 | ↓ -79% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $384.54 | ↓ -78% |
| Prime Net | Managed Medicare | $388.06 | ↓ -78% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare | $521.35 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $549.26 | ↓ -68% |
| Geisinger | Medicare | $552.95 | ↓ -68% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $552.95 | ↓ -68% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $563.48 | ↓ -68% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage | $579.20 | ↓ -67% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $579.20 | ↓ -67% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $623.62 | ↓ -64% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $625.61 | ↓ -64% |
| Keystone Autism Services | ACAP | $842.59 | ↓ -52% |
| Prime Net | Legacy Commercial | $1,074.42 | ↓ -38% |
| Prime Net | ACO | $1,083.10 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | ACO | $1,083.10 | ↓ -38% |
| Prime Net | NonGateKeeper | $1,280.03 | ↓ -26% |
| Prime Net | GateKeeper | $1,288.72 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,288.72 | ↓ -26% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Commercial | $1,358.51 | ↓ -22% |
| Capital Blue Cross | CHIP | $1,358.51 | ↓ -22% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Commercial | $1,358.51 | ↓ -22% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,503.02 | ↓ -14% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Children's Health Insurance | $1,556.79 | ↓ -10% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry | $1,592.80 | ↓ -8% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicaid | $1,621.04 | ↓ -7% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial | $1,656.43 | ↓ -5% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $1,896.30 | ↑ +9% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $2,027.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Prime Net | FH-Medical Rental | $2,096.70 | ↑ +21% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $2,172.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $2,258.88 | ↑ +30% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) | $2,461.60 | ↑ +42% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Echo transesophageal at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $1,737.60 | $335.28 – $2,461.60 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $1,737.60 | $335.28 – $2,461.60 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $1,214.40 | $198.43 – $714.96 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $1,737.60 | $335.28 – $838.06 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $1,018.80 | $200.32 – $614.26 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | $1,737.60 | $161.73 – $841.22 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $1,737.60 | $196.42 – $597.80 |