Emg 2 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95861 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

$247.80

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.

$413.00

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.

$29.48 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $558.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $29.48 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $47.62 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $47.62 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $48.75 ↓ -80%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $51.08 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $54.62 ↓ -78%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $55.34 ↓ -78%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $82.60 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $82.60 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $122.56 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare $129.12 ↓ -48%
Cigna Medicare $129.99 ↓ -48%
Geisinger Medicare $129.99 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare $132.47 ↓ -47%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $153.22 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $154.46 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $154.46 ↓ -38%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $182.55 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $183.78 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $183.78 ↓ -26%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $193.74 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $193.74 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $193.74 ↓ -22%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $198.08 ↓ -20%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $227.15 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Commercial $270.43 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $289.10 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $299.01 ↑ +21%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $309.75 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial $322.14 ↑ +30%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $322.41 ↑ +30%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $327.88 ↑ +32%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $351.05 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Children's Health Insurance $365.98 ↑ +48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $381.08 ↑ +54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $389.40 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare Commercial $558.00 ↑ +125%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Emg 2 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95861 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $462.60 $22.50 – $616.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $247.80 $29.48 – $351.05
UPMC Cole Coudersport $160.20 $33.54 – $308.08
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $247.80 $29.48 – $351.05
UPMC East Monroeville $615.00 $41.25 – $820.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $260.40 $41.25 – $331.42
UPMC Northwest Seneca $464.40 $41.25 – $312.08
UPMC Hanover Hanover $247.80 $29.48 – $326.59

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