Alginate dressing <=16 sq in at UPMC Muncy

215 East Water Street, Muncy, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1609816198

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$75.00

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$125.00

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.

$8.47 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $118.75 with Multiplan — 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 $8.47 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.91 ↓ -77%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $18.09 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $18.75 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18.75 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $19.31 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $19.69 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $20.06 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $20.25 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $49.02 ↓ -35%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $50.69 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $54.50 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $57.74 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $59.62 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $62.62 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $68.75 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $69.50 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $82.50 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $83.75 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $84.12 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $85.50 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $85.62 ↑ +14%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $97.50 ↑ +30%
Multiplan Auto $97.50 ↑ +30%
InterGroup PPO $100.00 ↑ +33%
America's Choice PPO $100.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $118.75 ↑ +58%

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Alginate dressing <=16 sq in at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $75.00 $8.50 – $41.16
UPMC East Monroeville $78.60 $13.15 – $104.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $81.60 $13.03 – $16.91
UPMC Northwest Seneca $78.60 $16.91 – $49.81
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $78.60 $16.91 – $41.16
UPMC Jameson New Castle $78.60 $6.31 – $41.16
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $78.60 $6.94 – $41.16
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $78.60 $6.94 – $41.16

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