Laryngoscopy w/fb removal 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

$3,505.20

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.

$5,842.00

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.

$697.03 with UPMC Work Partners vs $5,209.66 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $697.03 ↓ -80%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $782.83 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↓ -71%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $1,168.40 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,168.40 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $1,639.72 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare $1,727.50 ↓ -51%
Geisinger Medicare $1,739.09 ↓ -50%
Cigna Medicare $1,739.09 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,772.22 ↓ -49%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $2,167.38 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $2,184.91 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $2,184.91 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,297.57 ↓ -34%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $2,582.16 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $2,599.69 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $2,599.69 ↓ -26%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $2,650.05 ↓ -24%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $2,740.48 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $2,740.48 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $2,740.48 ↓ -22%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $3,213.10 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $3,213.10 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Commercial $3,825.34 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $4,089.40 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $4,229.61 ↑ +21%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $4,381.50 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial $4,556.76 ↑ +30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Children's Health Insurance $4,896.29 ↑ +40%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $4,965.70 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $5,098.36 ↑ +45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $5,209.66 ↑ +49%
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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Laryngoscopy w/fb removal at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $4,494.00 $666.05 – $5,992.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $3,505.20 $697.03 – $4,965.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $384.00 $177.41 – $1,041.88
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $3,505.20 $705.75 – $4,965.70
UPMC East Monroeville $3,055.20 $717.74 – $4,073.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,066.20 $717.74 – $2,391.19
UPMC Hanover Hanover $3,505.20 $705.75 – $2,635.82
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $3,752.40 $717.74 – $1,808.49

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