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Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets 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

$776.40

Cash price

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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.

$1,294.00

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.

$140.96 with UPMC Work Partners vs $1,229.30 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 $140.96 ↓ -82%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $150.80 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $155.18 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $155.18 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $155.18 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $157.29 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $159.06 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $159.06 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $180.57 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $194.10 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $194.10 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $199.92 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $203.81 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $207.69 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $209.63 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $240.41 ↓ -69%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $395.96 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $465.84 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $489.13 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $507.51 ↓ -35%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $564.18 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $597.70 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial $665.12 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $718.17 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $719.46 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $854.04 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $866.98 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $870.86 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $1,009.32 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,009.32 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $1,035.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $1,035.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1,229.30 ↑ +58%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $615.60 $118.90 – $923.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $951.60 $129.35 – $1,348.10
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $657.60 $132.55 – $931.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $571.20 $140.96 – $809.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $793.80 $140.96 – $992.25
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $776.40 $140.96 – $1,035.20

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