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Myelography via inj w/s&i thoracic 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

$2,874.60

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.

$4,791.00

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.

$112.58 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,551.45 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 Health Plan Managed Medicaid $112.58 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $112.58 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $112.58 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $114.12 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $115.40 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $115.40 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $174.42 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $335.60 ↓ -88%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $359.01 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $718.65 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $718.65 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $740.21 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $754.58 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $768.96 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $776.14 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $993.28 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $1,879.03 ↓ -35%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $1,942.75 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,088.88 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,212.96 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $2,285.31 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,400.29 ↓ -17%
Wirerope Works Commercial $2,663.80 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $3,162.06 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $3,209.97 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $3,224.34 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,277.04 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $3,281.84 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $3,736.98 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $3,736.98 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $3,832.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $3,832.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $4,551.45 ↑ +58%

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Myelography via inj w/s&i thoracic at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,000.80 $112.58 – $1,417.80
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,250.60 $112.58 – $3,375.90
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,324.80 $112.58 – $1,876.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,289.60 $112.58 – $3,243.60
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,496.40 $112.58 – $1,870.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $3,476.80 $112.58 – $3,911.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $2,874.60 $112.58 – $3,832.80

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