Ghs inj transforaminal cerv single bil 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

$2,647.20

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.

$4,412.00

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.

$136.87 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $3,750.20 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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $136.87 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $140.10 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $141.18 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $145.49 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $146.78 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $156.98 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $469.24 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $510.72 ↓ -81%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $591.21 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $846.54 ↓ -68%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $882.40 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $882.40 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare $891.86 ↓ -66%
Geisinger Medicare $897.84 ↓ -66%
Cigna Medicare $897.84 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Medicare $914.95 ↓ -65%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $1,368.14 ↓ -48%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $1,636.85 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $1,650.09 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $1,650.09 ↓ -38%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $1,950.10 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $1,963.34 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $1,963.34 ↓ -26%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $2,069.67 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $2,069.67 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $2,069.67 ↓ -22%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $2,426.60 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Children's Health Insurance $2,527.82 ↓ -5%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $2,632.14 ↓ -1%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $2,689.60 ↑ +2%
Geisinger Commercial $2,888.98 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,088.40 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $3,194.29 ↑ +21%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $3,309.00 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial $3,397.00 ↑ +28%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $3,750.20 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs inj transforaminal cerv single bil at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,647.20 $136.87 – $3,750.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $334.20 $113.16 – $771.51
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,647.20 $141.18 – $3,750.20
UPMC East Monroeville $3,073.80 $118.55 – $4,098.40
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,647.20 $136.87 – $1,360.78
UPMC Kane Kane $724.80 $118.55 – $1,103.69
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $2,484.00 $118.55 – $916.68
UPMC Memorial York $2,647.20 $136.87 – $1,365.92

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