Biopsy needle liver percutaneous at UPMC Memorial

1701 Innovation Drive, York, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1063945707

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$6,913.20

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.

$11,522.00

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.

$113.86 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $9,793.70 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 Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $113.86 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $116.55 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $121.03 ↓ -98%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $122.10 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $130.58 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $307.00 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $364.18 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $444.23 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $1,620.46 ↓ -77%
Cigna Medicare $1,631.33 ↓ -76%
Geisinger Medicare $1,631.33 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,662.41 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,732.08 ↓ -75%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $1,901.13 ↓ -73%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $2,304.40 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,304.40 ↓ -67%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $2,485.84 ↓ -64%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $2,581.95 ↓ -63%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $2,581.95 ↓ -63%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $2,581.95 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial $3,397.00 ↓ -51%
Prime Net ACO/Legacy Commercial $4,724.02 ↓ -32%
Aetna ACO $4,758.59 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $5,146.31 ↓ -26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $5,475.37 ↓ -21%
Prime Net GateKeeper/NonGateKeeper $5,495.99 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial $5,530.56 ↓ -20%
Geisinger Commercial $7,544.61 ↑ +9%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $8,065.40 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $8,065.40 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $8,583.89 ↑ +24%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $9,793.70 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital —
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —

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Biopsy needle liver percutaneous at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,224.60 $89.65 – $1,632.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $6,913.20 $113.86 – $9,793.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $376.20 $94.13 – $771.51
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $6,913.20 $110.60 – $1,732.08
UPMC East Monroeville $1,201.20 $98.61 – $1,621.93
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,337.60 $98.61 – $2,246.66
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,056.80 $98.61 – $1,621.93
UPMC Hanover Hanover $6,913.20 $113.86 – $2,476.51

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