Establish access to artery 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

$1,699.20

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.

$2,832.00

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.

$59.69 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $9,539.00 with Cigna — 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 $59.69 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $61.10 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $63.45 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $64.01 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $68.46 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare $163.42 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $444.23 ↓ -74%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $467.28 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $529.40 ↓ -69%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $566.40 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $566.40 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↓ -40%
Prime Net ACO/Legacy Commercial $1,161.12 ↓ -32%
Aetna ACO $1,169.62 ↓ -31%
Prime Net GateKeeper/NonGateKeeper $1,350.86 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial $1,359.36 ↓ -20%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $1,714.49 ↑ +1%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $1,714.49 ↑ +1%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,731.13 ↑ +2%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $1,800.30 ↑ +6%
Geisinger Commercial $1,854.39 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,982.40 ↑ +17%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $1,982.40 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $2,109.84 ↑ +24%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $2,407.20 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial $9,539.00 ↑ +461%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital —

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Establish access to artery at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,699.20 $59.69 – $9,539.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,699.20 $63.45 – $2,407.20
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,699.20 $59.69 – $1,016.56
UPMC Lititz Lititz $1,699.20 $59.69 – $1,016.56
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,699.20 $51.70 – $892.40
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $51.70 – $545.49

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