Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex 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

$145.20

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.

$242.00

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.

$25.81 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $205.70 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $25.81 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $26.96 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $27.19 ↓ -81%
Geisinger Medicare $27.37 ↓ -81%
Cigna Medicare $27.37 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare $27.89 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Commercial $28.98 ↓ -80%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $32.43 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $36.02 ↓ -75%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $41.71 ↓ -71%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $45.75 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $46.83 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $47.19 ↓ -68%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $48.40 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $48.40 ↓ -67%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $49.06 ↓ -66%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $52.47 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial $67.80 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Children's Health Insurance $77.07 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $80.25 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $82.00 ↓ -44%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $89.78 ↓ -38%
Aetna ACO $90.51 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO $90.51 ↓ -38%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $106.96 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $107.69 ↓ -26%
Prime Net GateKeeper $107.69 ↓ -26%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $113.52 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $113.52 ↓ -22%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $113.52 ↓ -22%
Preferred Healthcare System Inter County Health Plan/Lancaster General Health/Musselman Lumber/Vallorbs Jewelry $133.10 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $133.95 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Commercial $158.46 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $169.40 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $175.21 ↑ +21%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $181.50 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $205.70 ↑ +42%

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Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $274.20 $25.77 – $365.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $127.20 $9.41 – $190.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $145.20 $25.81 – $205.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $175.80 $16.95 – $234.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $145.20 $25.81 – $205.70
UPMC East Monroeville $388.80 $25.77 – $518.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $147.60 $25.77 – $50.37
UPMC Northwest Seneca $129.60 $23.64 – $41.42

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