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Dextrose 5 % IV bolus at UPMC Muncy
215 East Water Street, Muncy, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1609816198
$26.80
Cash price 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.
$33.50
Gross charge 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.
$3.11 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $31.35 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $3.11 | ↓ -88% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $3.11 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $3.11 | ↓ -88% |
| Geisinger | CHIP | $3.11 | ↓ -88% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $3.11 | ↓ -88% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $3.11 | ↓ -88% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $3.42 | ↓ -87% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $3.42 | ↓ -87% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $4.95 | ↓ -82% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $4.95 | ↓ -82% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $5.10 | ↓ -81% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $5.20 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $5.30 | ↓ -80% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $5.35 | ↓ -80% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $9.14 | ↓ -66% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products | $12.94 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | PEBTF Custom Network | $13.38 | ↓ -50% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $14.39 | ↓ -46% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $15.24 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $15.74 | ↓ -41% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $16.53 | ↓ -38% |
| Wirerope Works | Commercial | $18.35 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | First Health | $21.78 | ↓ -19% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $22.11 | ↓ -18% |
| Coventry/First Health | FH-Medical Rental | $22.21 | ↓ -17% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $22.57 | ↓ -16% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $22.61 | ↓ -16% |
| Multiplan | Auto | $25.74 | ↓ -4% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $25.74 | ↓ -4% |
| America's Choice | PPO | $26.40 | ↓ -1% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $26.40 | ↓ -1% |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | All | $29.70 | ↑ +11% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $31.35 | ↑ +17% |
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Dextrose 5 % IV bolus at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $59.60 | $1.97 – $66.60 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $76.40 | $1.97 – $80.75 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $67.80 | $1.97 – $85.85 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $60.60 | $1.97 – $85.85 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $75.80 | $1.97 – $79.90 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $26.80 | $3.11 – $29.70 |
| UPMC Western Psychiatric | Pittsburgh | $60.60 | $3.11 – $85.85 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $26.80 | $3.11 – $29.70 |