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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy 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

$659.40

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.

$1,099.00

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.

$58.47 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,044.05 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 $58.47 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $58.47 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $58.47 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $59.26 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $59.93 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $59.93 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $90.58 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $164.85 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $164.85 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $169.80 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $173.09 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $176.39 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $178.04 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $208.89 ↓ -68%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $223.47 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $431.03 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $431.36 ↓ -35%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $445.64 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $479.16 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $507.63 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $524.22 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $550.60 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $611.04 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $725.34 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $736.33 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $739.63 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $751.72 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $752.82 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $857.22 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $857.22 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $879.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $879.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1,044.05 ↑ +58%

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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $598.20 $58.47 – $956.13
UPMC East Monroeville $598.20 $58.47 – $912.67
UPMC Hamot Erie $598.20 $58.47 – $1,264.19
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,158.00 $67.50 – $1,640.50
UPMC Altoona Altoona $598.20 $53.15 – $797.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $598.20 $55.81 – $897.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $176.40 $55.81 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,158.00 $67.50 – $1,640.50

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