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Ghs fish cytogen 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

$354.60

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.

$591.00

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.

$16.73 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $534.85 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 $16.73 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $21.16 ↓ -94%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $22.64 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $84.45 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $84.45 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $86.98 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare $88.67 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Medicare $90.36 ↓ -75%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $91.21 ↓ -74%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $212.81 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $220.81 ↓ -38%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $228.30 ↓ -36%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $245.47 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $260.05 ↓ -27%
Aetna Commercial $268.55 ↓ -24%
Cigna Commercial $289.38 ↓ -18%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $309.65 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Commercial $312.46 ↓ -12%
Wirerope Works Commercial $313.03 ↓ -12%
Aetna First Health $371.58 ↑ +5%
Geisinger Commercial $377.21 ↑ +6%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $378.90 ↑ +7%
Multiplan Auto $439.14 ↑ +24%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $439.14 ↑ +24%
America's Choice PPO $450.40 ↑ +27%
InterGroup PPO $450.40 ↑ +27%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $534.85 ↑ +51%

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Ghs fish cytogen at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $125.40 $17.86 – $188.10
UPMC Northwest Seneca $186.00 $19.43 – $263.50
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $71.40 $19.91 – $89.25
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $89.40 $15.68 – $126.65
UPMC Somerset Somerset $153.00 $15.03 – $191.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $235.80 $18.49 – $334.05
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $428.80 $16.73 – $91.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $354.60 $16.73 – $472.80

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