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Assay of fluoride 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

$227.40

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.

$379.00

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.

$8.80 with UPMC Health Plan vs $360.05 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $8.80 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $8.80 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $8.80 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $8.92 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $9.02 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $9.02 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $10.24 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $13.63 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $18.33 ↓ -92%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $19.61 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $56.85 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $56.85 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $58.56 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $59.69 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $60.83 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $61.40 ↓ -73%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $115.97 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $136.44 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $143.26 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $148.64 ↓ -35%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $165.24 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $175.06 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial $194.81 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $210.34 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $210.72 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $250.14 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $253.93 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $255.07 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $295.62 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $295.62 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $303.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $303.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $360.05 ↑ +58%

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Assay of fluoride at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $216.60 $8.80 – $306.85
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $186.00 $8.80 – $279.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $317.40 $8.80 – $449.65
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $240.00 $8.00 – $340.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $219.60 $8.80 – $311.10
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $275.20 $8.00 – $309.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $227.40 $8.80 – $303.20

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