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Immunofluorescence per specimen initial single antibody stain 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

$84.60

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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.

$141.00

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.

$19.58 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $133.95 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 $19.58 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $21.15 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $21.15 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $21.78 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $22.21 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $22.63 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $22.84 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $28.05 ↓ -67%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $28.05 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $28.05 ↓ -67%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $28.43 ↓ -66%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $28.75 ↓ -66%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $28.75 ↓ -66%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $43.46 ↓ -49%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $53.30 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $55.30 ↓ -35%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $57.18 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $61.48 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $65.13 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $67.26 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial $72.47 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $78.25 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $78.40 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $93.06 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $94.47 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $94.89 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $109.98 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $109.98 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $112.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $112.80 ↑ +33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $114.17 ↑ +35%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $122.14 ↑ +44%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $133.95 ↑ +58%

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Immunofluorescence per specimen initial single antibody stain at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $316.20 $17.44 – $474.30
UPMC Northwest Seneca $108.00 $17.55 – $171.54
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $96.00 $17.55 – $179.71
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $316.20 $18.36 – $447.95
UPMC Somerset Somerset $664.80 $17.59 – $138.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $168.00 $17.59 – $238.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $102.40 $19.58 – $115.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $84.60 $19.58 – $122.14

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