Ghs cricothyroidotomy at UPMC Lititz
1500 Highlands Drive, Lititz, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1285167916
$777.60
Cash price 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.
$1,296.00
Gross charge 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.
$173.66 with Prime Net vs $2,654.68 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Prime Net | Managed Medicare | $173.66 | ↓ -78% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $214.24 | ↓ -72% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $214.24 | ↓ -72% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $219.30 | ↓ -72% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare | $220.81 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $229.76 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $232.63 | ↓ -70% |
| Geisinger | Medicare | $234.19 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $234.19 | ↓ -70% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $238.65 | ↓ -69% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $245.71 | ↓ -68% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $259.20 | ↓ -67% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage | $259.20 | ↓ -67% |
| Keystone Autism Services | ACAP | $356.86 | ↓ -54% |
| Prime Net | Legacy Commercial | $480.82 | ↓ -38% |
| Prime Net | ACO | $484.70 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | ACO | $484.70 | ↓ -38% |
| Prime Net | NonGateKeeper | $572.83 | ↓ -26% |
| Prime Net | GateKeeper | $576.72 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $576.72 | ↓ -26% |
| Capital Blue Cross | CHIP | $607.95 | ↓ -22% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Commercial | $607.95 | ↓ -22% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Commercial | $607.95 | ↓ -22% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Children's Health Insurance | $659.35 | ↓ -15% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicaid | $686.56 | ↓ -12% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial | $701.55 | ↓ -10% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry | $712.80 | ↓ -8% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $778.34 | ↑ +0% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $848.62 | ↑ +9% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $907.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Prime Net | FH-Medical Rental | $938.30 | ↑ +21% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $972.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,010.88 | ↑ +30% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $1,016.56 | ↑ +31% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) | $1,101.60 | ↑ +42% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $2,654.68 | ↑ +241% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Ghs cricothyroidotomy at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $3,184.80 | $168.69 – $4,246.40 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $777.60 | $177.55 – $1,101.60 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $1,941.60 | $177.12 – $906.08 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $777.60 | $214.24 – $2,654.68 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $777.60 | $214.24 – $1,016.56 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $4,303.80 | $185.56 – $753.10 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $1,138.20 | $185.56 – $892.40 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | $777.60 | $214.24 – $1,016.56 |