Nerve conduction studies 1-2 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

$177.60

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.

$296.00

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.

$39.66 with Prime Net vs $472.66 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
Prime Net Managed Medicare $39.66 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $41.24 ↓ -77%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $59.20 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $59.20 ↓ -67%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $91.17 ↓ -49%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $91.17 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $93.33 ↓ -47%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $97.78 ↓ -45%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $104.57 ↓ -41%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $109.82 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $110.70 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $110.70 ↓ -38%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $130.83 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $131.72 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $131.72 ↓ -26%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $134.05 ↓ -25%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $138.85 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $138.85 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $138.85 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $148.77 ↓ -16%
Aetna Medicare $156.73 ↓ -12%
Geisinger Medicare $157.78 ↓ -11%
Cigna Medicare $157.78 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Medicare $160.79 ↓ -9%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $162.80 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $189.39 ↑ +7%
Geisinger Commercial $193.82 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $207.20 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $214.30 ↑ +21%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $222.00 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial $230.88 ↑ +30%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $240.43 ↑ +35%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $251.60 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Commercial $319.00 ↑ +80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Children's Health Insurance $444.23 ↑ +150%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $462.56 ↑ +160%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $472.66 ↑ +166%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Nerve conduction studies 1-2 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $325.20 $31.48 – $433.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $334.80 $53.82 – $502.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $177.60 $40.55 – $251.60
UPMC Cole Coudersport $117.00 $24.39 – $128.09
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $177.60 $41.24 – $251.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $229.20 $33.55 – $205.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $209.40 $78.97 – $156.63
UPMC Hanover Hanover $177.60 $41.24 – $239.15

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