healthcosts.net

Homovanillic acid (hva) 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

$286.80

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$478.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$8.25 with UPMC Health Plan vs $454.10 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $8.25 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $8.25 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $8.25 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $8.36 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $8.46 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $8.46 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $9.60 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $12.78 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $22.14 ↓ -92%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $23.69 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $71.70 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $71.70 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $73.85 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $75.28 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $76.72 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $77.44 ↓ -73%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $146.27 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $172.08 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $180.68 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $187.47 ↓ -35%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $208.41 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $220.79 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial $245.69 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $265.29 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $265.77 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $315.48 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $320.26 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $321.69 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $372.84 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $372.84 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $382.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $382.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $454.10 ↑ +58%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Homovanillic acid (hva) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $287.40 $8.25 – $407.15
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $108.00 $8.25 – $162.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $99.00 $8.25 – $140.25
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $94.80 $7.50 – $134.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset $81.00 $8.25 – $101.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $225.60 $8.25 – $319.60
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $128.00 $7.50 – $144.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $105.60 $8.25 – $140.80

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →