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Immunofixation electrophoresis serum 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

$219.60

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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.

$366.00

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.

$22.08 with UPMC Work Partners vs $347.70 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $22.08 ↓ -90%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $23.62 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $30.80 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $30.80 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $30.80 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $31.22 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $31.57 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $31.57 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $35.84 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $47.72 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $54.90 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $54.90 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $56.55 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $57.65 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $58.74 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $59.29 ↓ -73%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $112.00 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $131.76 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $138.35 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $143.55 ↓ -35%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $159.58 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $169.06 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial $188.12 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $203.13 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $203.50 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $241.56 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $245.22 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $246.32 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $285.48 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $285.48 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $292.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $292.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $347.70 ↑ +58%

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Immunofixation electrophoresis serum at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $168.60 $20.76 – $238.85
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $241.20 $18.62 – $361.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $114.00 $20.26 – $158.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,809.60 $22.08 – $2,563.60
UPMC Somerset Somerset $126.60 $22.08 – $156.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $349.80 $19.29 – $495.55
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $265.60 $22.08 – $298.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $219.60 $22.08 – $292.80

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