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Rapid Strep Test 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

$93.00

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.

$155.00

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.

$6.30 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $131.75 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $6.30 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $8.00 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $8.19 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $8.25 ↓ -91%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $8.58 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $9.18 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $16.36 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $17.10 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $17.24 ↓ -81%
Cigna Medicare $17.36 ↓ -81%
Geisinger Medicare $17.36 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare $17.69 ↓ -81%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $20.77 ↓ -78%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $26.45 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Commercial $29.47 ↓ -68%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $31.00 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $31.00 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $35.67 ↓ -62%
Cigna Commercial $42.96 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Children's Health Insurance $48.87 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $50.88 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $51.99 ↓ -44%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $57.51 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $57.97 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $57.97 ↓ -38%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $68.51 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $68.97 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $68.97 ↓ -26%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $72.71 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $72.71 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $72.71 ↓ -22%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $85.25 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Commercial $101.49 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $108.50 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $112.22 ↑ +21%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $116.25 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $131.75 ↑ +42%

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Rapid Strep Test at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC East Monroeville $34.80 $6.30 – $46.40
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $62.40 $6.93 – $88.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $93.00 $6.30 – $131.75
UPMC Altoona Altoona $67.80 $6.30 – $90.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $41.40 $5.96 – $62.10
UPMC Cole Coudersport $59.40 $6.62 – $79.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $93.00 $6.30 – $131.75
UPMC Hanover Hanover $93.00 $6.30 – $134.85

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