Inj levocarnitine per 1 gm at UPMC Memorial
1701 Innovation Drive, York, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1063945707
$4.20
Cash price 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.
$7.00
Gross charge 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.
$0.33 with Prime Net vs $51.81 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Prime Net | Managed Medicare | $0.33 | ↓ -92% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $0.40 | ↓ -90% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage | $0.40 | ↓ -90% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $0.72 | ↓ -83% |
| Prime Net | ACO/Legacy Commercial | $0.82 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | ACO | $0.83 | ↓ -80% |
| Prime Net | GateKeeper/NonGateKeeper | $0.95 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $0.96 | ↓ -77% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1.23 | ↓ -71% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $1.31 | ↓ -69% |
| Wellspan Population Health | Commercial | $1.40 | ↓ -67% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1.40 | ↓ -67% |
| Prime Net | FH-Medical Rental | $1.49 | ↓ -65% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) | $1.70 | ↓ -60% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $23.61 | ↑ +462% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $23.61 | ↑ +462% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $23.84 | ↑ +468% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $24.08 | ↑ +473% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $25.97 | ↑ +518% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Commercial | $27.91 | ↑ +565% |
| Capital Blue Cross | CHIP | $27.91 | ↑ +565% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $29.04 | ↑ +591% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Commercial | $31.74 | ↑ +656% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $49.80 | ↑ +1086% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare | $51.81 | ↑ +1134% |
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Inj levocarnitine per 1 gm at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $188.00 | $14.91 – $188.00 |
| AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL | WEXFORD | $35.38 | $22.92 – $34.37 |
| GROVE CITY HOSPITAL | GROVE CITY | $31.30 | $22.92 – $34.37 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $598.40 | $14.91 – $598.40 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $607.20 | $14.91 – $96.16 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $494.40 | $14.91 – $164.99 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $411.20 | $14.91 – $162.02 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $199.20 | $14.91 – $64.69 |