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MRI breast without cont bi 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

$3,482.40

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.

$5,804.00

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.

$170.33 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $5,513.80 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 $170.33 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $217.58 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $217.58 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $217.58 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $220.55 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $223.02 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $223.02 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $299.52 ↓ -91%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $320.42 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $337.09 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $870.60 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $870.60 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $896.72 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $914.13 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $931.54 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $940.25 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $2,276.33 ↓ -35%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $2,353.52 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,530.54 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,680.87 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $2,768.51 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,907.80 ↓ -17%
Wirerope Works Commercial $3,227.02 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $3,830.64 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $3,888.68 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $3,906.09 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,969.94 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $3,975.74 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $4,527.12 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $4,527.12 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $4,643.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $4,643.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $5,513.80 ↑ +58%

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MRI breast without cont bi at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,801.60 $102.55 – $5,385.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,913.60 $209.00 – $4,127.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $8,505.00 $102.55 – $12,048.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $480.60 $100.56 – $600.75
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,482.40 $170.33 – $4,643.20

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