Brach/thor cath addl 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

$4,249.20

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.

$7,082.00

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.

$54.60 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 $54.60 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $61.26 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $62.71 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $63.19 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $65.12 ↓ -98%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $65.70 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $70.27 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $150.62 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $166.65 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $655.09 ↓ -85%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $1,168.53 ↓ -73%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $1,416.40 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,416.40 ↓ -67%
Prime Net ACO/Legacy Commercial $2,903.62 ↓ -32%
Aetna ACO $2,924.87 ↓ -31%
Prime Net GateKeeper/NonGateKeeper $3,378.11 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial $3,399.36 ↓ -20%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $4,287.44 ↑ +1%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $4,287.44 ↑ +1%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $4,502.03 ↑ +6%
Geisinger Commercial $4,637.29 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $4,957.40 ↑ +17%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $4,957.40 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $5,276.09 ↑ +24%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $6,019.70 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial $9,539.00 ↑ +124%
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Brach/thor cath addl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,335.00 $48.24 – $1,780.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $4,249.20 $61.26 – $9,539.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4,249.20 $63.19 – $6,019.70
UPMC Hamot Erie $881.40 $53.06 – $204.47
UPMC Hanover Hanover $4,249.20 $61.26 – $150.62
UPMC Lititz Lititz $4,249.20 $54.60 – $148.88
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $853.80 $53.06 – $206.41
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,357.60 $53.06 – $204.47

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