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Nm imaging gastric emptying study 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

$1,510.20

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.

$2,517.00

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.

$126.72 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $2,391.15 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 $126.72 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $148.49 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $148.49 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $148.49 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $150.51 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $152.20 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $152.20 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $230.05 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $377.55 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $377.55 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $388.88 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $396.43 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $403.98 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $407.75 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $522.70 ↓ -65%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $559.17 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $987.17 ↓ -35%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $1,020.64 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,097.41 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,162.60 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $1,200.61 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,261.02 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $1,399.45 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $1,661.22 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $1,686.39 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $1,693.94 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,721.63 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $1,724.14 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $1,963.26 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,963.26 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $2,013.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $2,013.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $2,391.15 ↑ +58%

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Nm imaging gastric emptying study at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,111.40 $148.49 – $2,991.15
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,543.20 $148.49 – $2,314.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $896.40 $148.49 – $1,269.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,901.00 $118.80 – $4,109.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,228.80 $57.10 – $497.77
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,825.20 $148.49 – $2,585.70
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,826.40 $126.72 – $2,054.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,510.20 $126.72 – $2,013.60

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