Screen pap by tech w md supv 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

$55.20

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.

$92.00

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.

$13.83 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $130.20 with UPMC 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $13.83 ↓ -75%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $15.18 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $18.37 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $18.40 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $18.40 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare $18.97 ↓ -66%
Geisinger Medicare $19.10 ↓ -65%
Cigna Medicare $19.10 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare $19.46 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $22.85 ↓ -59%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $29.10 ↓ -47%
Prime Net ACO/Legacy Commercial $37.72 ↓ -32%
Aetna ACO $38.00 ↓ -31%
Prime Net GateKeeper/NonGateKeeper $43.88 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial $44.16 ↓ -20%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $50.60 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Commercial $60.24 ↑ +9%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $60.25 ↑ +9%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $64.11 ↑ +16%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $64.40 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $64.40 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $68.54 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial $71.76 ↑ +30%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $76.40 ↑ +38%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $76.40 ↑ +38%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $76.40 ↑ +38%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $78.20 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $130.20 ↑ +136%

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Screen pap by tech w md supv at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $55.20 $10.00 – $78.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $55.20 $13.83 – $130.20
UPMC Hanover Hanover $55.20 $13.83 – $130.20
UPMC Lititz Lititz $55.20 $13.83 – $130.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $55.20 $12.14 – $19.64

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