Curette/treat cornea 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

$1,345.80

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.

$2,243.00

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.

$71.06 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $3,273.03 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 $71.06 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $71.06 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $72.73 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $76.20 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $81.50 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $107.73 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $219.27 ↓ -84%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $370.10 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $425.71 ↓ -68%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $448.60 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $448.60 ↓ -67%
Prime Net ACO/Legacy Commercial $919.63 ↓ -32%
Aetna ACO $926.36 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medicare $968.67 ↓ -28%
Geisinger Medicare $975.17 ↓ -28%
Cigna Medicare $975.17 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Medicare $993.74 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↓ -24%
Prime Net GateKeeper/NonGateKeeper $1,069.91 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial $1,076.64 ↓ -20%
Geisinger Commercial $1,468.72 ↑ +9%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $1,485.97 ↑ +10%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $1,570.10 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,570.10 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $1,671.04 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial $1,749.54 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $1,906.55 ↑ +42%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $2,966.25 ↑ +120%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $2,966.25 ↑ +120%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $2,966.25 ↑ +120%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $3,076.33 ↑ +129%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $3,273.03 ↑ +143%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Curette/treat cornea at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,345.80 $71.06 – $1,906.55
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,345.80 $71.06 – $1,906.55
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,345.80 $71.06 – $1,480.40
UPMC Kane Kane $899.40 $61.55 – $341.70
UPMC Lititz Lititz $1,345.80 $71.06 – $1,488.38
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $748.20 $61.55 – $1,015.73
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,888.20 $61.55 – $993.28
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,200.60 $61.55 – $1,015.73

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