Knee orth pos locking joint 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

$1,288.20

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.

$2,147.00

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.

$166.69 with Aetna vs $1,824.95 with Multiplan — 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 $166.69 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $242.36 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $350.36 ↓ -73%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $354.25 ↓ -73%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $429.40 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $429.40 ↓ -67%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $459.51 ↓ -64%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $708.51 ↓ -45%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $815.86 ↓ -37%
Prime Net ACO/Legacy Commercial $880.27 ↓ -32%
Aetna ACO $886.71 ↓ -31%
Prime Net GateKeeper/NonGateKeeper $1,024.12 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial $1,030.56 ↓ -20%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $1,299.79 ↑ +1%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $1,299.79 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,322.55 ↑ +3%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $1,364.85 ↑ +6%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,385.72 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $1,405.86 ↑ +9%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $1,502.90 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,502.90 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $1,599.52 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial $1,674.66 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $1,824.95 ↑ +42%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid not published by hospital

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Knee orth pos locking joint at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,288.20 $242.36 – $1,824.95
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,288.20 $242.36 – $2,262.72
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,288.20 $242.36 – $1,385.72
UPMC Lititz Lititz $1,288.20 $166.69 – $1,385.72
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,288.20 $212.76 – $830.00

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