F-18 fdg pet diag 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

$537.60

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.

$896.00

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.

$120.06 with Prime Net vs $927.47 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

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 $120.06 ↓ -78%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $179.20 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $179.20 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare $321.26 ↓ -40%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $332.42 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $335.10 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $335.10 ↓ -38%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $396.03 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $398.72 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $398.72 ↓ -26%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $420.31 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $420.31 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $420.31 ↓ -22%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $492.80 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $492.80 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $551.94 ↑ +3%
Geisinger Commercial $586.70 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $627.20 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $648.70 ↑ +21%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $672.00 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $761.60 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $927.47 ↑ +73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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F-18 fdg pet diag at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,190.60 $423.81 – $2,920.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $537.60 $122.75 – $761.60
UPMC Cole Coudersport $354.00 $163.55 – $472.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $537.60 $115.03 – $927.47
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,007.40 $1,099.94 – $1,122.32
UPMC Hanover Hanover $537.60 $927.47 – $927.47
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $963.00 $417.59 – $1,080.10
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1,335.60 $353.39 – $927.47

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →