Ghs fb removal - incisional 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

$2,674.80

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.

$4,458.00

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.

$82.55 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $5,475.37 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 $82.55 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $82.55 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $84.50 ↓ -97%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $88.53 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $94.68 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $361.27 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $594.82 ↓ -78%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $735.57 ↓ -73%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $891.60 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $891.60 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $943.20 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare $1,620.46 ↓ -39%
Geisinger Medicare $1,631.33 ↓ -39%
Cigna Medicare $1,631.33 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,662.41 ↓ -38%
Prime Net ACO/Legacy Commercial $1,827.78 ↓ -32%
Aetna ACO $1,841.15 ↓ -31%
Prime Net GateKeeper/NonGateKeeper $2,126.47 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial $2,139.84 ↓ -20%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,296.95 ↓ -14%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $2,485.84 ↓ -7%
Geisinger Commercial $2,919.10 ↑ +9%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $3,120.60 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,120.60 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $3,321.21 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial $3,477.24 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $3,789.30 ↑ +42%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $4,172.70 ↑ +56%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $4,172.70 ↑ +56%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $4,172.70 ↑ +56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $5,146.31 ↑ +92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $5,475.37 ↑ +105%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital —

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Ghs fb removal - incisional at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,184.80 $65.00 – $4,246.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,674.80 $82.55 – $3,789.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,693.20 $68.25 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,674.80 $82.55 – $3,789.30
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,097.80 $71.50 – $2,246.66
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,674.80 $82.55 – $2,476.51
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $3,508.20 $71.50 – $1,668.28
UPMC Jameson New Castle $2,425.20 $71.50 – $2,085.34

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