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Cath groshong MRI 8fr plstc port 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

$1,778.40

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.

$2,964.00

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.

$266.40 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $1,687.20 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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $266.40 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $266.40 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $274.39 ↓ -85%
Cigna Medicare $279.72 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare $285.05 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $287.71 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $355.20 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $586.08 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $696.55 ↓ -61%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $720.17 ↓ -60%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $774.34 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $820.33 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial $847.15 ↓ -52%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $889.78 ↓ -50%
Wirerope Works Commercial $987.46 ↓ -44%
Aetna First Health $1,172.16 ↓ -34%
Geisinger Commercial $1,189.92 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $1,195.25 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,214.78 ↓ -32%
Cigna Commercial $1,216.56 ↓ -32%
Multiplan Auto $1,385.28 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,385.28 ↓ -22%
America's Choice PPO $1,420.80 ↓ -20%
InterGroup PPO $1,420.80 ↓ -20%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $1,598.40 ↓ -10%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1,687.20 ↓ -5%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Cath groshong MRI 8fr plstc port at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $4,219.80 $369.46 – $3,145.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,380.80 $958.88 – $3,372.80
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,418.80 $244.86 – $3,172.26
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $10,690.80 $110.04 – $3,534.49
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,597.20 $262.40 – $1,309.38
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,449.80 $372.97 – $2,682.47
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $2,151.20 $122.40 – $612.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,672.20 $281.60 – $1,267.20

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