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Diffusing capacity 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

$412.20

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.

$687.00

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.

$42.39 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $652.65 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 $42.39 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $43.49 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $43.49 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $43.49 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $44.09 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $44.58 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $44.58 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $67.38 ↓ -84%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $72.88 ↓ -82%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $77.96 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $103.05 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $103.05 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $106.14 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $108.20 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $110.26 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $111.29 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $269.44 ↓ -35%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $278.58 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $299.53 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $317.33 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $327.70 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $344.19 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $381.97 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $453.42 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $460.29 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $462.35 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $469.91 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $470.60 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $535.86 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $535.86 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $549.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $549.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $652.65 ↑ +58%

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Diffusing capacity at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $873.00 $36.25 – $1,309.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $145.80 $43.49 – $206.55
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $599.40 $36.59 – $849.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,176.60 $36.59 – $1,666.85
UPMC Somerset Somerset $970.20 $35.88 – $224.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $362.40 $36.59 – $344.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $498.40 $42.39 – $560.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $412.20 $42.39 – $549.60

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