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ER Visit (level 1, minor) 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

$391.20

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.

$652.00

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.

$21.05 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $750.00 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $21.05 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $50.90 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $60.00 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $83.72 ↓ -79%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $87.37 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $88.21 ↓ -77%
Cigna Medicare $88.80 ↓ -77%
Geisinger Medicare $88.80 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare $90.49 ↓ -77%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $130.40 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $130.40 ↓ -67%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $135.31 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $176.68 ↓ -55%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $241.89 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $243.85 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $243.85 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Children's Health Insurance $250.01 ↓ -36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $260.32 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $266.01 ↓ -32%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $288.18 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $290.14 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $290.14 ↓ -26%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $305.85 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $305.85 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $305.85 ↓ -22%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $358.60 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $358.60 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Commercial $426.93 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $456.40 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $472.05 ↑ +21%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $489.00 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $554.20 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial $750.00 ↑ +92%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $183.60 $51.60 – $260.10
UPMC East Monroeville $260.40 $51.60 – $347.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $384.60 $51.60 – $448.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $391.20 $21.05 – $554.20
UPMC Altoona Altoona $374.40 $21.00 – $499.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $215.40 $30.29 – $323.10
UPMC Cole Coudersport $136.20 $18.26 – $103.74
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $391.20 $21.05 – $554.20

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