Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction 1st hour 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

$273.00

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.

$455.00

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.

$32.64 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $435.59 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 $32.64 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $32.64 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $33.41 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $33.67 ↓ -88%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $35.00 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $37.43 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $48.66 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $53.65 ↓ -80%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $75.08 ↓ -72%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $91.00 ↓ -67%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $91.00 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $98.00 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare $128.91 ↓ -53%
Geisinger Medicare $129.78 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $129.78 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare $132.25 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Commercial $163.00 ↓ -40%
Prime Net ACO/Legacy Commercial $186.55 ↓ -32%
Aetna ACO $187.91 ↓ -31%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $197.76 ↓ -28%
Prime Net GateKeeper/NonGateKeeper $217.03 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial $218.40 ↓ -20%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $275.46 ↑ +1%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $275.46 ↑ +1%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $289.24 ↑ +6%
Geisinger Commercial $297.93 ↑ +9%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $318.50 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $318.50 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $338.98 ↑ +24%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $386.75 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial $387.00 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $409.41 ↑ +50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $435.59 ↑ +60%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —

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Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction 1st hour at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $110.40 $25.70 – $147.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $133.20 $26.98 – $199.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $273.00 $32.64 – $386.75
UPMC Cole Coudersport $133.20 $26.98 – $177.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $273.00 $32.64 – $220.15
UPMC East Monroeville $307.20 $28.27 – $409.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $139.80 $28.27 – $161.87
UPMC Northwest Seneca $171.60 $28.27 – $129.03

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