Lipoprotein direct measurement ldl 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

$164.40

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.

$274.00

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.

$10.37 with UPMC Work Partners vs $260.30 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 $10.37 ↓ -94%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $11.10 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $13.20 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $13.20 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $13.20 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $13.38 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $13.53 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $13.53 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $15.36 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $20.45 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $41.10 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $41.10 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $42.33 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $43.16 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $43.98 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $44.39 ↓ -73%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $83.84 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $98.64 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $103.57 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $107.46 ↓ -35%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $119.46 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $126.56 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial $140.84 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $152.07 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $152.34 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $180.84 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $183.58 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $184.40 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $213.72 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $213.72 ↑ +30%
InterGroup PPO $219.20 ↑ +33%
America's Choice PPO $219.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $260.30 ↑ +58%

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Lipoprotein direct measurement ldl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $106.20 $9.18 – $141.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $72.60 $3.79 – $108.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $54.00 $10.39 – $76.50
UPMC Cole Coudersport $105.00 $6.83 – $140.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $54.00 $9.00 – $38.25
UPMC East Monroeville $70.80 $9.27 – $94.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $37.80 $9.18 – $16.68
UPMC Northwest Seneca $62.40 $9.52 – $13.80

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