Plc pq device breast ea addl lesion MRI guide 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

$1,704.60

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.

$2,841.00

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.

$55.11 with Aetna vs $9,539.00 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
Aetna Medicare $55.11 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $64.54 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $66.07 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $66.57 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $68.61 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $69.22 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $74.02 ↓ -96%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $380.69 ↓ -78%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $568.20 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $568.20 ↓ -67%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $948.51 ↓ -44%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $1,054.01 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $1,062.53 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $1,062.53 ↓ -38%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $1,255.72 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $1,264.24 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $1,264.24 ↓ -26%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $1,332.71 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $1,332.71 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $1,332.71 ↓ -22%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $1,562.55 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Commercial $1,860.29 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,988.70 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,988.70 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $2,056.88 ↑ +21%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,130.75 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $2,414.85 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial $9,539.00 ↑ +460%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital —

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Plc pq device breast ea addl lesion MRI guide at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,704.60 $64.54 – $9,539.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,704.60 $66.57 – $2,414.85
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,289.20 $55.90 – $906.35
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,704.60 $64.54 – $948.51
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $3,987.60 $55.90 – $906.35
UPMC Memorial York $1,704.60 $55.11 – $948.51
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,704.60 $55.90 – $906.35

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