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Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx 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

$1,552.20

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.

$2,587.00

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.

$88.32 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $2,457.65 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 $88.32 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $124.75 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $124.75 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $124.75 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $126.45 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $127.87 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $127.87 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $193.27 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $388.05 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $388.05 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $399.69 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $407.45 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $415.21 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $419.09 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $466.13 ↓ -70%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $498.65 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $1,014.62 ↓ -35%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $1,049.03 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,127.93 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,194.94 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $1,234.00 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,296.09 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $1,438.37 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $1,707.42 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $1,733.29 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $1,741.05 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,769.51 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $1,772.10 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $2,017.86 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $2,017.86 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $2,069.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $2,069.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $2,457.65 ↑ +58%

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Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,903.20 $124.75 – $2,696.20
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,858.80 $124.75 – $2,788.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $797.40 $124.75 – $1,129.65
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,901.00 $82.80 – $4,109.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,574.40 $79.35 – $466.13
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,128.00 $124.75 – $1,598.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,877.60 $88.32 – $2,112.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,552.20 $88.32 – $2,069.60

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