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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) 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

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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.

$478.00

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.

$36.84 with UPMC Work Partners vs $454.10 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 $36.84 ↓ -87%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $39.41 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $44.24 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $44.24 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $44.24 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $44.85 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $45.35 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $45.35 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $51.48 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $68.54 ↓ -76%
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%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $438.00 $31.07 – $657.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $547.80 $33.80 – $776.05
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $386.40 $34.64 – $547.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $455.40 $36.84 – $645.15
UPMC Somerset Somerset $207.60 $36.84 – $259.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $355.80 $32.18 – $504.05
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $346.40 $36.84 – $389.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $286.80 $36.84 – $382.40

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