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Drainage of arm bursa 23931 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

$2,883.60

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.

$4,806.00

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.

$43.45 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,565.70 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 $43.45 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $43.45 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $43.45 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $44.04 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $44.54 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $44.54 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $67.32 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $243.40 ↓ -92%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $260.38 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $720.90 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $720.90 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $742.53 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $756.95 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $771.36 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $778.57 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $993.28 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $1,884.91 ↓ -35%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $1,948.83 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,095.42 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,219.89 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $2,292.46 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,407.81 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $2,672.14 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $3,171.96 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $3,220.02 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $3,234.44 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,287.30 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $3,292.11 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $3,748.68 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $3,748.68 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $3,844.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $3,844.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $4,565.70 ↑ +58%

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Drainage of arm bursa 23931 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,706.20 $43.45 – $5,250.45
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,331.80 $43.45 – $4,997.70
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,183.40 $43.45 – $3,093.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $5,034.60 $43.45 – $7,132.35
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,080.80 $43.45 – $2,601.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $454.20 $43.45 – $1,621.93
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $4,036.80 $43.45 – $993.28

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