Chemotherapy injection 96542 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

$288.00

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.

$480.00

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.

$47.54 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $1,120.91 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $47.54 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $47.54 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $48.66 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $49.03 ↓ -83%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $50.98 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $54.52 ↓ -81%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $79.20 ↓ -73%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $96.00 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $96.00 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $140.26 ↓ -51%
Prime Net ACO/Legacy Commercial $196.80 ↓ -32%
Aetna ACO $198.24 ↓ -31%
Prime Net GateKeeper/NonGateKeeper $228.96 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial $230.40 ↓ -20%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $236.18 ↓ -18%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $276.19 ↓ -4%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $290.59 ↑ +1%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $290.59 ↑ +1%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $305.14 ↑ +6%
Geisinger Commercial $314.30 ↑ +9%
Aetna Medicare $331.74 ↑ +15%
Geisinger Medicare $333.96 ↑ +16%
Cigna Medicare $333.96 ↑ +16%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $336.00 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $336.00 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Medicare $340.32 ↑ +18%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $357.60 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial $374.40 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $408.00 ↑ +42%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $508.90 ↑ +77%
United Healthcare Commercial $793.00 ↑ +175%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $1,053.54 ↑ +266%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $1,120.91 ↑ +289%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Chemotherapy injection 96542 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $978.00 $37.43 – $1,304.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $288.00 $47.54 – $507.68
UPMC Cole Coudersport $490.20 $39.30 – $653.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $288.00 $47.54 – $408.00
UPMC Hanover Hanover $288.00 $47.54 – $506.98
UPMC Lititz Lititz $288.00 $47.54 – $509.71
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $433.80 $41.17 – $341.53
UPMC Somerset Somerset $288.00 $41.17 – $316.23

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