MRI chest w IV cont 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

$4,837.20

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.

$8,062.00

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.

$408.98 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $6,852.70 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $408.98 ↓ -92%
OneCall Worker's Comp $450.00 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $498.44 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $498.44 ↓ -90%
Premier Comp Solutions Worker's Comp $500.00 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $510.21 ↓ -89%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $534.54 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $571.67 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $751.23 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $791.45 ↓ -84%
Geisinger Medicare $796.76 ↓ -84%
Cigna Medicare $796.76 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare $811.94 ↓ -83%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $1,080.31 ↓ -78%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,177.79 ↓ -76%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $1,214.11 ↓ -75%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,612.40 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $1,612.40 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Children's Health Insurance $2,243.22 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $2,335.80 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $2,386.79 ↓ -51%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $2,991.00 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $3,015.19 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $3,015.19 ↓ -38%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $3,563.40 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial $3,578.07 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $3,587.59 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $3,587.59 ↓ -26%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $3,781.88 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $3,781.88 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $3,781.88 ↓ -22%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $4,434.10 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Commercial $5,279.00 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $5,643.40 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $5,836.89 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,933.63 ↑ +23%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $6,046.50 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $6,553.40 ↑ +35%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $6,852.70 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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MRI chest w IV cont at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,329.40 $312.20 – $4,439.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $4,837.20 $408.98 – $6,852.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,421.40 $412.09 – $1,895.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4,837.20 $408.98 – $6,852.70
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,043.80 $431.72 – $1,125.45
UPMC Hanover Hanover $4,837.20 $408.98 – $1,207.58
UPMC Kane Kane $2,676.60 $431.72 – $1,268.90
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1,558.20 $431.72 – $1,231.00

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