Neck Airway (Soft Tissue) X-ray 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

$188.40

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.

$314.00

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.

$13.10 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $419.44 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $13.10 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $22.23 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $22.23 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $22.75 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $23.45 ↓ -88%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $23.84 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $25.49 ↓ -86%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $51.81 ↓ -73%
Premier Comp Solutions Worker's Comp $61.97 ↓ -67%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $61.97 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $62.80 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $62.80 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare $88.06 ↓ -53%
Geisinger Medicare $88.65 ↓ -53%
Cigna Medicare $88.65 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $90.34 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $99.12 ↓ -47%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $109.77 ↓ -42%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $109.77 ↓ -42%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $109.77 ↓ -42%
Prime Net ACO/Legacy Commercial $128.74 ↓ -32%
Aetna ACO $129.68 ↓ -31%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $135.09 ↓ -28%
Prime Net GateKeeper/NonGateKeeper $149.78 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial $150.72 ↓ -20%
Geisinger Commercial $205.61 ↑ +9%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $219.80 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $219.80 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $231.10 ↑ +23%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $233.93 ↑ +24%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $266.90 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $279.67 ↑ +48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $297.55 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial $419.44 ↑ +123%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —

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Neck Airway (Soft Tissue) X-ray at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $184.20 $10.00 – $245.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $100.20 $18.38 – $150.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $188.40 $13.10 – $266.90
UPMC Cole Coudersport $128.40 $18.38 – $171.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $188.40 $13.10 – $266.90
UPMC East Monroeville $436.20 $19.25 – $581.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $221.40 $19.25 – $118.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $99.00 $19.25 – $88.15

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