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Dilate esophagus 1/mult pass 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

$1,372.80

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.

$2,288.00

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.

$64.90 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,173.60 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 Health Plan Managed Medicaid $64.90 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $64.90 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $64.90 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $65.78 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $66.52 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $66.52 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $100.55 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $206.09 ↓ -85%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $220.47 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $343.20 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $343.20 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $353.50 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $360.36 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $367.22 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $370.66 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $416.00 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $897.35 ↓ -35%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $927.78 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $997.57 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,056.83 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $1,091.38 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,146.29 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $1,272.13 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $1,510.08 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $1,532.96 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $1,539.82 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,564.99 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $1,567.28 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $1,784.64 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,784.64 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $1,830.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $1,830.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $2,173.60 ↑ +58%

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Dilate esophagus 1/mult pass at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,547.40 $64.90 – $2,192.15
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,372.20 $64.90 – $2,058.30
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,558.20 $64.90 – $2,207.45
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,235.80 $64.90 – $4,584.05
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,576.20 $64.90 – $2,232.95
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $4,264.00 $64.90 – $4,797.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,526.20 $64.90 – $4,701.60

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