#flow interp 9 - 15 markers 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

$55.20

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.

$92.00

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.

$12.33 with Prime Net vs $171.72 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
Prime Net Managed Medicare $12.33 ↓ -78%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $18.40 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $18.40 ↓ -67%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $34.13 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $34.41 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $34.41 ↓ -38%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $40.66 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $40.94 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $40.94 ↓ -26%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $43.16 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $43.16 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $43.16 ↓ -22%
Aetna Medicare $49.84 ↓ -10%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $50.60 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Commercial $60.24 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $64.40 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $66.61 ↑ +21%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $67.31 ↑ +22%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $69.00 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $78.20 ↑ +42%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $85.48 ↑ +55%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $87.50 ↑ +59%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $88.18 ↑ +60%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $91.68 ↑ +66%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $98.04 ↑ +78%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $161.06 ↑ +192%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $166.71 ↑ +202%
Cigna Commercial $171.72 ↑ +211%

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#flow interp 9 - 15 markers at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $288.00 $67.31 – $384.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $945.00 $46.49 – $1,417.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $55.20 $12.60 – $171.72
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $55.20 $18.40 – $625.24
UPMC East Monroeville $1,141.20 $45.86 – $1,521.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $989.40 $23.43 – $156.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $303.00 $46.29 – $405.92
UPMC Hanover Hanover $55.20 $67.31 – $171.72

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