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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step cryptosporidium 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

$493.80

Cash price

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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.

$823.00

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.

$10.79 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $781.85 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 $10.79 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $13.67 ↓ -97%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $14.62 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $123.45 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $123.45 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $127.15 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $129.62 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $132.09 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $133.33 ↓ -73%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $251.84 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $296.28 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $311.09 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $322.78 ↓ -35%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $358.83 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $380.14 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial $423.02 ↓ -14%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $452.65 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $456.76 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $457.59 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $543.18 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $551.41 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $553.88 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $641.94 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $641.94 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $658.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $658.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $781.85 ↑ +58%

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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step cryptosporidium at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $78.60 $11.52 – $117.90
UPMC Northwest Seneca $100.20 $12.53 – $141.95
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $67.80 $12.84 – $96.05
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $124.20 $10.12 – $175.95
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $99.00 $11.93 – $140.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $597.60 $10.79 – $672.30

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