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ER Visit (level 2) 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

$570.60

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.

$951.00

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.

$34.91 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $808.35 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $34.91 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $36.28 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $42.87 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $43.20 ↓ -92%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $44.92 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $48.04 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $77.89 ↓ -86%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $127.43 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $150.58 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare $158.64 ↓ -72%
Cigna Medicare $159.71 ↓ -72%
Geisinger Medicare $159.71 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicare $162.75 ↓ -71%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $190.20 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $190.20 ↓ -67%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $243.36 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $264.38 ↓ -54%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $352.82 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $355.67 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $355.67 ↓ -38%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $420.34 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $423.19 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $423.19 ↓ -26%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $446.11 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $446.11 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $446.11 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Children's Health Insurance $449.64 ↓ -21%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $468.19 ↓ -18%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $478.42 ↓ -16%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $523.05 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Commercial $622.71 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $665.70 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $688.52 ↑ +21%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $713.25 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial $750.00 ↑ +31%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $808.35 ↑ +42%
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 2) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $424.20 $36.28 – $600.95
UPMC East Monroeville $652.80 $36.28 – $870.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $640.20 $36.28 – $746.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $570.60 $34.91 – $808.35
UPMC Altoona Altoona $496.20 $35.00 – $661.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $325.20 $34.63 – $487.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $210.00 $30.27 – $203.78
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $570.60 $34.91 – $808.35

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