Str markers specimen anal 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

$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.

$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.

$112.83 with Prime Net vs $1,872.14 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 $112.83 ↓ -78%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $168.40 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $168.40 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $186.24 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Commercial $221.22 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $230.74 ↓ -54%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $241.06 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare $243.09 ↓ -52%
Geisinger Medicare $244.72 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $244.72 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare $249.38 ↓ -51%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $312.38 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $314.91 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $314.91 ↓ -38%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $372.16 ↓ -26%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $372.91 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $374.69 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $374.69 ↓ -26%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $394.98 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $394.98 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $394.98 ↓ -22%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $463.10 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $463.10 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Commercial $551.34 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $589.40 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial $606.00 ↑ +20%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $609.61 ↑ +21%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $631.50 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Children's Health Insurance $689.00 ↑ +36%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $715.70 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $717.44 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $733.10 ↑ +45%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,872.14 ↑ +271%

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Str markers specimen anal at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $262.80 $219.00 – $384.07
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $505.20 $115.35 – $715.70
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $505.20 $168.40 – $1,872.14
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,709.40 $230.35 – $384.07
UPMC Northwest Seneca $265.20 $211.37 – $251.72
UPMC Hanover Hanover $505.20 $186.24 – $1,872.14
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,709.40 $208.67 – $437.36
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1,683.00 $218.13 – $387.72

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