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Bone marrow biopsyneedle/trocar 38221 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

$861.60

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.

$1,436.00

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.

$76.80 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,364.20 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 $76.80 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $76.80 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $76.80 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $77.85 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $78.72 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $78.72 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $89.37 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $118.99 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $215.40 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $215.40 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $221.86 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $226.17 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $230.48 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $232.63 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $414.76 ↓ -52%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $443.70 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $563.20 ↓ -35%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $582.30 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $626.10 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $663.29 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $684.97 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $719.44 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $798.42 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $947.76 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $962.12 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $966.43 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $982.22 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $983.66 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $1,120.08 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,120.08 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $1,148.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $1,148.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1,364.20 ↑ +58%

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Bone marrow biopsyneedle/trocar 38221 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,180.80 $76.80 – $1,699.17
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,237.20 $76.80 – $1,752.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,536.00 $76.80 – $2,176.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,080.80 $76.80 – $2,601.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,812.60 $76.80 – $2,567.85
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,042.40 $65.16 – $414.76
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $861.60 $76.80 – $1,148.80

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