Ghs path - pap (papanicolau) smear - vagina 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

$75.00

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.

$125.00

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.

$6.53 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $130.16 with Capital Blue Cross — 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $6.53 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $8.29 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $8.49 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $8.55 ↓ -89%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $8.89 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $9.51 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $10.08 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $17.54 ↓ -77%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $20.62 ↓ -73%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $25.00 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $25.00 ↓ -67%
Prime Net ACO/Legacy Commercial $51.25 ↓ -32%
Aetna ACO $51.62 ↓ -31%
Prime Net GateKeeper/NonGateKeeper $59.62 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial $60.00 ↓ -20%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $63.28 ↓ -16%
Cigna Commercial $68.48 ↓ -9%
Geisinger Commercial $81.85 ↑ +9%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $87.50 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $87.50 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $93.12 ↑ +24%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $106.25 ↑ +42%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $130.16 ↑ +74%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $130.16 ↑ +74%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $130.16 ↑ +74%

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Ghs path - pap (papanicolau) smear - vagina at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $75.00 $6.53 – $106.25
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $91.20 $6.53 – $106.25
UPMC Kane Kane $103.80 $7.18 – $66.79
UPMC Lititz Lititz $75.00 $6.53 – $68.48
UPMC Somerset Somerset $91.20 $6.53 – $60.47
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital Chambersburg $116.80 $8.16 – $105.12
WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital Waynesboro $116.80 $6.89 – $118.72

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