Ultrasound hips infant dynamic 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

$280.20

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.

$467.00

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.

$77.06 with Prime Net vs $419.44 with Cigna — 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
Prime Net Managed Medicare $77.06 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $83.31 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare $88.06 ↓ -69%
Cigna Medicare $88.65 ↓ -68%
Geisinger Medicare $88.65 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Medicare $90.34 ↓ -68%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $93.40 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $93.40 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $110.49 ↓ -61%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $135.09 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $143.41 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $143.41 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $146.80 ↓ -48%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $153.80 ↓ -45%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $164.48 ↓ -41%
Prime Net ACO/Legacy Commercial $191.47 ↓ -32%
Aetna ACO $192.87 ↓ -31%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $216.69 ↓ -23%
Premier Comp Solutions Worker's Comp $216.69 ↓ -23%
Prime Net GateKeeper/NonGateKeeper $222.76 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial $224.16 ↓ -20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $279.67 ↓ -0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $297.55 ↑ +6%
Geisinger Commercial $305.79 ↑ +9%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $326.90 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $326.90 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $331.35 ↑ +18%
United Healthcare Commercial $343.71 ↑ +23%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $347.92 ↑ +24%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $379.51 ↑ +35%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $379.51 ↑ +35%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $379.51 ↑ +35%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $396.95 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial $419.44 ↑ +50%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Ultrasound hips infant dynamic at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $652.20 $84.34 – $869.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $280.20 $63.98 – $396.95
UPMC Cole Coudersport $311.40 $108.01 – $415.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $280.20 $85.74 – $396.95
UPMC Hamot Erie $561.00 $96.88 – $207.06
UPMC Northwest Seneca $516.60 $76.13 – $207.06
UPMC Hanover Hanover $280.20 $83.27 – $216.69
UPMC Lititz Lititz $280.20 $83.72 – $216.69

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