Generator emblem MRI sicd subq 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

$29,232.00

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.

$48,720.00

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.

$3,988.80 with Aetna vs $68,685.90 with UPMC 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
Aetna Medicare $3,988.80 ↓ -86%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $8,038.80 ↓ -73%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $9,744.00 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9,744.00 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $13,544.45 ↓ -54%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $16,077.60 ↓ -45%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $16,238.38 ↓ -44%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $18,513.60 ↓ -37%
Prime Net ACO/Legacy Commercial $19,975.20 ↓ -32%
Aetna ACO $20,121.36 ↓ -31%
Prime Net GateKeeper/NonGateKeeper $23,239.44 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial $23,385.60 ↓ -20%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $29,495.09 ↑ +1%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $29,495.09 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial $30,011.52 ↑ +3%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $30,971.30 ↑ +6%
Geisinger Commercial $31,901.86 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $34,104.00 ↑ +17%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $34,104.00 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $36,296.40 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial $38,001.60 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $41,412.00 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $68,685.90 ↑ +135%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid not published by hospital

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Generator emblem MRI sicd subq at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $58,640.40 $0.19 – $68,685.90
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $29,232.00 $9,744.00 – $87,473.89
UPMC East Monroeville $135,789.00 $11,540.98 – $68,685.90
UPMC Hamot Erie $97,435.80 $16,618.10 – $16,618.10
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $47,875.80 $16,618.10 – $54,237.33
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $96,952.20 $16,776.34 – $99,671.83
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $128,662.20 $16,776.34 – $111,052.84
UPMC Somerset Somerset $29,232.00 $16,450.02 – $41,140.40

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