Brachy source iodine-125 nonstranded 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

$111.60

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.

$186.00

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.

$24.36 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $158.10 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 $24.36 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $28.22 ↓ -75%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $30.69 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare $35.12 ↓ -69%
Geisinger Medicare $35.35 ↓ -68%
Cigna Medicare $35.35 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Medicare $36.03 ↓ -68%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $37.20 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $37.20 ↓ -67%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $53.87 ↓ -52%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $61.38 ↓ -45%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $61.99 ↓ -44%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $70.68 ↓ -37%
Prime Net ACO/Legacy Commercial $76.26 ↓ -32%
Aetna ACO $76.82 ↓ -31%
Prime Net GateKeeper/NonGateKeeper $88.72 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial $89.28 ↓ -20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $111.53 ↓ -0%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $112.60 ↑ +1%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $112.60 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial $114.58 ↑ +3%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $118.24 ↑ +6%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $118.66 ↑ +6%
Geisinger Commercial $121.79 ↑ +9%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $130.20 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $130.20 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $138.57 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial $145.08 ↑ +30%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $147.34 ↑ +32%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $158.10 ↑ +42%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid not published by hospital —
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —

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