CostGrade
C

57/100

#1,062 nationally

Upmc Carlisle

361 Alexander Spring Road, Carlisle, PA 17015 · (717) 249-1212

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Upmc Carlisle billed $4.56 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.

Charge-to-payment
4.6x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
56
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in PA
#47
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
4/5
shown for context, not in the grade

How this grade was reached

Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.

Inpatient charge markup 13.7/35

Better than 39% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 18.5/25

Better than 74% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 18.5/30

Better than 62% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 6.5/10

Better than 65% of U.S. hospitals.

What this hospital treats most

The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.

Procedure Patients Charged Actually paid vs national
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

352 $15,341 $2,434 -21%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

168 $56,269 $12,760 -14%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

148 $33,225 $11,693 -47%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

128 $8,333 $2,110 -29%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

114 $42,886 $8,638 about average
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

98 $10,381 $1,468 about average
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

91 $30,710 $5,178 -13%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

71 $16,991 $4,685 -38%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

64 $9,740 $1,821 -25%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

62 $24,286 $3,116 +18%

Where its charges run furthest above the national middle

Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

$29,868 $3,019 +28%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

$21,614 $2,573 +22%
Pneumonia (with complications)

MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay

$38,407 $5,817 +21%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$24,286 $3,116 +18%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

$55,231 $8,548 +14%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay

$53,800 $8,866 +11%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$48,588 $10,724 +4%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,381 $1,468 about average

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,568 $6,192 -56%
Heart Attack (with complications)

MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay

$21,105 $5,974 -52%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay

$87,234 $28,000 -51%
Stroke (severe)

MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay

$38,180 $12,723 -50%
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)

MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay

$40,417 $12,867 -49%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$33,225 $11,693 -47%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit

$50,817 $16,837 -39%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

$16,991 $4,685 -38%

What this page cannot tell you

  • It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
  • It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
  • A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
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