Pr biopsy skin punch single lesion 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

$690.60

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.

$1,151.00

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.

$51.35 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $1,350.16 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.

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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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $51.35 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $51.35 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $52.56 ↓ -92%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $55.07 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $58.89 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $60.25 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $153.45 ↓ -78%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $189.91 ↓ -73%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $230.20 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $230.20 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare $399.58 ↓ -42%
Cigna Medicare $402.27 ↓ -42%
Geisinger Medicare $402.27 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Medicare $409.93 ↓ -41%
Prime Net ACO/Legacy Commercial $471.91 ↓ -32%
Aetna ACO $475.36 ↓ -31%
Prime Net GateKeeper/NonGateKeeper $549.03 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial $552.48 ↓ -20%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $612.98 ↓ -11%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $661.75 ↓ -4%
Geisinger Commercial $753.67 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $805.70 ↑ +17%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $805.70 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $857.50 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial $897.78 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $978.35 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↑ +47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $1,269.01 ↑ +84%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $1,310.40 ↑ +90%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $1,310.40 ↑ +90%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $1,310.40 ↑ +90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $1,350.16 ↑ +96%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital —
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —

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Pr biopsy skin punch single lesion at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $613.80 $40.43 – $818.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,385.40 $42.45 – $2,078.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $690.60 $51.35 – $1,016.56
UPMC Cole Coudersport $478.20 $36.59 – $2,094.25
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $690.60 $51.35 – $1,016.56
UPMC East Monroeville $823.80 $44.47 – $1,098.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $857.40 $44.47 – $554.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $658.20 $44.47 – $399.94

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