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Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus 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

$187.80

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.

$313.00

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.

$12.54 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $297.35 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 $12.54 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $15.88 ↓ -92%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $16.99 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $46.95 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $46.95 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $48.36 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $49.30 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $50.24 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $50.71 ↓ -73%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $95.78 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $112.68 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $118.31 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $122.76 ↓ -35%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $136.47 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $144.57 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial $160.88 ↓ -14%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $172.15 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $173.72 ↓ -7%
Wirerope Works Commercial $174.03 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $206.58 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $209.71 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $210.65 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $244.14 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $244.14 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $250.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $250.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $297.35 ↑ +58%

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Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $122.40 $13.40 – $183.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $191.40 $14.57 – $271.15
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $119.40 $14.93 – $159.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,212.00 $11.76 – $1,717.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $89.40 $11.27 – $111.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $857.40 $13.87 – $1,214.65
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $227.20 $12.54 – $255.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $187.80 $12.54 – $250.40

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