Ghs inj transforaminal cerv ea add bil 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

$1,362.60

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.

$2,271.00

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.

$52.64 with Aetna 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
Aetna Medicare $52.64 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $89.33 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $91.44 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $92.15 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $94.96 ↓ -93%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $95.80 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $102.46 ↓ -92%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $374.71 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $421.21 ↓ -69%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $454.20 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $454.20 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $477.77 ↓ -65%
Prime Net ACO/Legacy Commercial $931.11 ↓ -32%
Aetna ACO $937.92 ↓ -31%
Prime Net GateKeeper/NonGateKeeper $1,083.27 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial $1,090.08 ↓ -20%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,331.12 ↓ -2%
Geisinger Commercial $1,487.05 ↑ +9%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $1,589.70 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,589.70 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $1,691.89 ↑ +24%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $1,930.35 ↑ +42%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $2,577.75 ↑ +89%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $2,577.75 ↑ +89%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $2,577.75 ↑ +89%
Cigna Commercial $9,539.00 ↑ +600%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Ghs inj transforaminal cerv ea add bil at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,362.60 $89.33 – $9,539.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $84.60 $39.09 – $771.51
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,362.60 $92.15 – $2,419.69
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,972.80 $77.37 – $1,521.39
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,362.60 $89.33 – $421.21
UPMC Kane Kane $335.40 $77.37 – $559.83
UPMC Lititz Lititz $1,362.60 $52.64 – $421.21
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,243.60 $77.37 – $586.19

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