Remove pilonidal cyst compl 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

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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.

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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.

$295.91 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $9,671.88 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 $295.91
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $302.90
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $314.55
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $317.35
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $339.39
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $682.16
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,154.33
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,654.62
Aetna Medicare $2,862.43
Cigna Medicare $2,881.64
Geisinger Medicare $2,881.64
United Healthcare Medicare $2,936.53
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $4,391.07
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $5,588.10
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $5,588.10
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $5,588.10
Cigna Commercial $6,413.00
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $9,090.62
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $9,671.88
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Remove pilonidal cyst compl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,492.20 $314.55 – $5,805.45
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,492.20 $544.99 – $588.53
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $1,868.67 $205.80 – $5,847.63
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $233.00 – $2,946.91
UPMC East Monroeville not published $256.30 – $3,001.48
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $256.30 – $2,865.05
UPMC Hanover Hanover not published $295.91 – $4,374.59
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $256.30 – $3,001.48

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