Protein electrophoretic fractionation & quantitation serum 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

$54.60

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.

$91.00

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.

$11.12 with UPMC Work Partners vs $77.69 with Keystone Health Plan — 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.12 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $11.20 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicare $11.28 ↓ -79%
Cigna Medicare $11.28 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare $11.49 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $14.65 ↓ -73%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $15.02 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $16.94 ↓ -69%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $17.18 ↓ -69%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $18.20 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $18.20 ↓ -67%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $18.61 ↓ -66%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $19.05 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $19.19 ↓ -65%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $19.95 ↓ -63%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $21.34 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Commercial $22.31 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial $27.92 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $35.58 ↓ -35%
Prime Net ACO/Legacy Commercial $37.31 ↓ -32%
Aetna ACO $37.58 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $37.85 ↓ -31%
Prime Net GateKeeper/NonGateKeeper $43.41 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial $43.68 ↓ -20%
Geisinger Commercial $59.59 ↑ +9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $63.70 ↑ +17%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $63.70 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $66.86 ↑ +22%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $67.80 ↑ +24%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $77.35 ↑ +42%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $77.69 ↑ +42%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $77.69 ↑ +42%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $77.69 ↑ +42%

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Protein electrophoretic fractionation & quantitation serum at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $75.60 $10.62 – $100.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $58.80 $3.87 – $88.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $54.60 $10.63 – $77.35
UPMC Cole Coudersport $86.40 $6.98 – $115.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $61.20 $10.63 – $77.35
UPMC East Monroeville $159.60 $10.62 – $212.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $198.00 $10.62 – $20.78
UPMC Northwest Seneca $241.20 $9.74 – $16.85

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