Injection radioactive tracer sentinel node (both sides) at UPMC Memorial
1701 Innovation Drive, York, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1063945707
$837.60
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.
$1,396.00
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.
$55.77 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $3,397.00 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.
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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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare | $55.77 | ↓ -93% |
| Prime Net | Managed Medicare | $230.34 | ↓ -73% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage | $279.20 | ↓ -67% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $279.20 | ↓ -67% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $310.59 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $401.88 | ↓ -52% |
| Geisinger | Medicare | $404.58 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $404.58 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $412.28 | ↓ -51% |
| Prime Net | ACO/Legacy Commercial | $572.36 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | ACO | $576.55 | ↓ -31% |
| Keystone Autism Services | ACAP | $616.50 | ↓ -26% |
| Prime Net | GateKeeper/NonGateKeeper | $665.89 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $670.08 | ↓ -20% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $767.80 | ↓ -8% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $914.10 | ↑ +9% |
| Wellspan Population Health | Commercial | $977.20 | ↑ +17% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $977.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Prime Net | FH-Medical Rental | $1,040.02 | ↑ +24% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) | $1,186.60 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicaid | $1,276.30 | ↑ +52% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Commercial | $1,310.40 | ↑ +56% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Commercial | $1,310.40 | ↑ +56% |
| Capital Blue Cross | CHIP | $1,310.40 | ↑ +56% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial | $1,357.91 | ↑ +62% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $1,439.54 | ↑ +72% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $3,397.00 | ↑ +306% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Injection radioactive tracer sentinel node (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $483.60 | $68.42 – $644.80 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $837.60 | $191.25 – $1,186.60 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $80.40 | $37.14 – $771.51 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $837.60 | $279.20 – $1,439.54 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $389.40 | $69.07 – $519.20 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $1,941.00 | $68.42 – $557.18 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $837.60 | $310.59 – $1,439.54 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $672.00 | $69.63 – $517.18 |