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MRI orbit/face/neck without & w/contrast 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

$3,804.00

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.

$6,340.00

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.

$605.15 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $6,023.00 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 $605.15 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $629.82 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $629.82 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $629.82 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $638.40 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $645.56 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $645.56 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $951.00 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $951.00 ↓ -75%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $975.76 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $979.53 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $998.55 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,017.57 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,027.08 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,992.24 ↓ -48%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $2,131.24 ↓ -44%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $2,486.55 ↓ -35%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $2,570.87 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,764.24 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,928.45 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $3,024.18 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,176.34 ↓ -17%
Wirerope Works Commercial $3,525.04 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $4,184.40 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $4,247.80 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $4,266.82 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,336.56 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $4,342.90 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $4,945.20 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $4,945.20 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $5,072.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $5,072.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $6,023.00 ↑ +58%

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MRI orbit/face/neck without & w/contrast at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $5,999.40 $316.41 – $8,499.15
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $6,512.40 $283.82 – $9,768.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,815.40 $308.78 – $5,405.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $9,808.20 $367.72 – $13,894.95
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,854.80 $337.08 – $3,568.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $5,810.40 $293.97 – $8,231.40
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $4,600.00 $605.15 – $5,175.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,804.00 $343.82 – $5,072.00

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