Ethylene glycol -sendout 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

$28.80

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.

$48.00

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.

$6.43 with Prime Net vs $97.66 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Prime Net Managed Medicare $6.43 ↓ -78%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $9.60 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.60 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $11.91 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $14.75 ↓ -49%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $15.42 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare $15.54 ↓ -46%
Cigna Medicare $15.64 ↓ -46%
Geisinger Medicare $15.64 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Medicare $15.94 ↓ -45%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $17.81 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $17.95 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $17.95 ↓ -38%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $21.22 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $21.36 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $21.36 ↓ -26%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $22.52 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $22.52 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $22.52 ↓ -22%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $23.84 ↓ -17%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $26.40 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $26.40 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Commercial $31.43 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare Commercial $33.53 ↑ +16%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $33.60 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $34.75 ↑ +21%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $36.00 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial $38.76 ↑ +35%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $40.80 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Children's Health Insurance $44.05 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $45.87 ↑ +59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $46.87 ↑ +63%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $97.66 ↑ +239%

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Ethylene glycol -sendout at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $196.20 $14.73 – $261.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $218.40 $5.38 – $327.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $28.80 $6.58 – $40.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $28.80 $9.60 – $97.66
UPMC East Monroeville $237.00 $14.73 – $316.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $771.60 $14.73 – $30.76
UPMC Northwest Seneca $104.40 $13.51 – $16.09
UPMC Hanover Hanover $28.80 $11.91 – $97.66

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