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Bundled special stain group 2 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

$237.60

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.

$396.00

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.

$41.44 with UPMC Work Partners vs $376.20 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $41.44 ↓ -83%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $44.33 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $52.74 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $56.11 ↓ -76%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $56.11 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $56.11 ↓ -76%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $56.88 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $57.51 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $57.51 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $59.40 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $59.40 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $61.18 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $62.37 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $63.56 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $64.15 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $86.93 ↓ -63%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $149.69 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $155.31 ↓ -35%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $160.58 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $172.66 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $182.91 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $188.89 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial $203.54 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $219.78 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $220.18 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $261.36 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $265.32 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $266.51 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $308.88 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $308.88 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $316.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $316.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $376.20 ↑ +58%

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Bundled special stain group 2 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $56.40 $6.25 – $129.03
UPMC Northwest Seneca $67.20 $6.51 – $129.03
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $229.80 $6.31 – $135.18
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $557.40 $6.31 – $135.18
UPMC Somerset Somerset $78.60 $6.18 – $65.45
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $114.60 $6.31 – $162.35
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $287.20 $35.64 – $178.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $237.60 $41.44 – $316.80

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