Change cystostomy tube simple 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

$1,728.00

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.

$2,880.00

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.

$35.56 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $2,448.00 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 $35.56 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $35.56 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $36.40 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $36.68 ↓ -98%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $38.14 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $40.78 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $45.45 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $125.88 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $183.23 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $243.24 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicare $244.87 ↓ -86%
Cigna Medicare $244.87 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare $249.53 ↓ -86%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $373.14 ↓ -78%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $475.20 ↓ -73%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $576.00 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $576.00 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $772.48 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $821.88 ↓ -52%
Prime Net ACO/Legacy Commercial $1,180.80 ↓ -32%
Aetna ACO $1,189.44 ↓ -31%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $1,310.40 ↓ -24%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $1,310.40 ↓ -24%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $1,310.40 ↓ -24%
Prime Net GateKeeper/NonGateKeeper $1,373.76 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial $1,382.40 ↓ -20%
Geisinger Commercial $1,885.82 ↑ +9%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $2,016.00 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,016.00 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $2,145.60 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial $2,246.40 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $2,448.00 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital —
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —

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Change cystostomy tube simple at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $364.80 $28.00 – $486.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $366.00 $29.40 – $549.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,728.00 $35.56 – $2,448.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $355.80 $19.68 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,728.00 $35.56 – $2,448.00
UPMC East Monroeville $357.60 $30.80 – $476.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $341.40 $30.80 – $337.24
UPMC Northwest Seneca $298.20 $30.80 – $243.46

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