Inj epidural sgl lumb-sacral without img 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

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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.

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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.

$90.36 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $3,397.00 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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $90.36 —
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $92.50 —
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $96.05 —
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $96.91 —
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $103.64 —
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $210.10 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $846.54 —
Aetna Medicare $891.86 —
Cigna Medicare $897.84 —
Geisinger Medicare $897.84 —
United Healthcare Medicare $914.95 —
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 —
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $1,368.14 —
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,954.74 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Children's Health Insurance $2,527.82 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $2,632.14 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $2,689.60 —
Cigna Commercial $3,397.00 —
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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Inj epidural sgl lumb-sacral without img at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,629.00 $71.15 – $2,172.00
UPMC East Monroeville $1,278.00 $78.27 – $1,704.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,980.00 $78.27 – $1,234.49
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,956.60 $78.27 – $916.68
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,956.60 $78.27 – $1,145.85
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $2,641.20 $78.27 – $916.68
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,541.40 $78.27 – $933.66
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,260.60 $78.27 – $993.28

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