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Dexa bone density study >=1 sites appendicular skeleton (peripheral) 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

$127.20

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.

$212.00

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.

$22.63 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $201.40 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 $22.63 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $30.23 ↓ -76%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $30.23 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $30.23 ↓ -76%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $30.64 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $30.98 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $30.98 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $31.80 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $31.80 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $32.75 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $33.39 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $34.03 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $34.34 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $46.83 ↓ -63%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $58.59 ↓ -54%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $62.68 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $83.15 ↓ -35%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $85.97 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $92.43 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $97.92 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $101.12 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $106.21 ↓ -17%
Wirerope Works Commercial $117.87 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $139.92 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $142.04 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $142.68 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $145.01 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $145.22 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $165.36 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $165.36 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $169.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $169.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $201.40 ↑ +58%

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Dexa bone density study >=1 sites appendicular skeleton (peripheral) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $121.20 $6.80 – $92.34
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $121.20 $30.23 – $181.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $121.20 $30.23 – $171.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $192.00 $21.22 – $272.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $188.40 $20.33 – $235.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $161.60 $22.63 – $181.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $121.20 $22.63 – $161.60

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