Pet scan brain perf study at UPMC Memorial
1701 Innovation Drive, York, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1063945707
$7,048.20
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.
$11,747.00
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.
$57.40 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $9,984.95 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.
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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| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $57.40 | ↓ -99% |
| Capital Blue Cross | CHIP | $475.88 | ↓ -93% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Commercial | $475.88 | ↓ -93% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Commercial | $475.88 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $1,000.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Prime Net | Managed Medicare | $1,938.26 | ↓ -72% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare | $1,980.51 | ↓ -72% |
| Keystone Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $2,349.40 | ↓ -67% |
| Capital Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage | $2,349.40 | ↓ -67% |
| Prime Net | ACO/Legacy Commercial | $4,816.27 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | ACO | $4,851.51 | ↓ -31% |
| Prime Net | GateKeeper/NonGateKeeper | $5,603.32 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $5,638.56 | ↓ -20% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $6,460.85 | ↓ -8% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $7,691.94 | ↑ +9% |
| Wellspan Population Health | Commercial | $8,222.90 | ↑ +17% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $8,222.90 | ↑ +17% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $8,222.90 | ↑ +17% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $8,645.79 | ↑ +23% |
| Prime Net | FH-Medical Rental | $8,751.51 | ↑ +24% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $9,162.66 | ↑ +30% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) | $9,984.95 | ↑ +42% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
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Pet scan brain perf study at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $7,048.20 | $57.40 – $9,984.95 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $7,048.20 | $57.40 – $10,683.53 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $7,048.20 | $57.40 – $57.40 |
| UPMC Kane | Kane | $4,480.80 | $303.85 – $303.85 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $7,048.20 | $57.40 – $1,000.00 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $7,048.20 | $50.39 – $4,173.00 |