Cell marker study 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

$116.40

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.

$194.00

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.

$9.00 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $301.93 with Keystone 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $9.00 ↓ -92%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $32.01 ↓ -73%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $38.80 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $38.80 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $40.16 ↓ -65%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $41.31 ↓ -65%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $52.46 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare $53.43 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $53.70 ↓ -54%
Geisinger Medicare $53.79 ↓ -54%
Cigna Medicare $53.79 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $54.82 ↓ -53%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $56.26 ↓ -52%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $60.17 ↓ -48%
Prime Net ACO/Legacy Commercial $79.54 ↓ -32%
Aetna ACO $80.12 ↓ -31%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $81.97 ↓ -30%
Prime Net GateKeeper/NonGateKeeper $92.54 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial $93.12 ↓ -20%
Geisinger Commercial $127.03 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $135.80 ↑ +17%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $135.80 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $144.53 ↑ +24%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $147.67 ↑ +27%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $153.34 ↑ +32%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $164.90 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $169.69 ↑ +46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $180.54 ↑ +55%
Cigna Commercial $259.92 ↑ +123%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $301.93 ↑ +159%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $301.93 ↑ +159%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $301.93 ↑ +159%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —

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Cell marker study at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $116.40 $9.00 – $195.83
UPMC Cole Coudersport $255.60 $43.38 – $340.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $116.40 $9.00 – $164.90
UPMC East Monroeville $381.60 $40.62 – $508.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $265.80 $38.10 – $181.70
UPMC Northwest Seneca $126.60 $41.00 – $146.53
UPMC Hanover Hanover $116.40 $9.00 – $153.34
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $144.60 $41.13 – $146.53

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