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Removal central venous catheter tunneled without port/pump 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

$2,172.00

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.

$3,620.00

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.

$319.83 with UPMC Work Partners vs $3,439.00 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $319.83 ↓ -85%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $342.14 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $543.00 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $543.00 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $559.29 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $570.15 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $581.01 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $586.44 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $993.28 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $1,419.76 ↓ -35%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $1,467.91 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,578.32 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,672.08 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $1,726.74 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,813.62 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,991.00 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $2,012.72 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $2,389.20 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $2,425.40 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $2,436.26 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,476.08 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $2,479.70 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $2,823.60 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $2,823.60 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $2,896.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $2,896.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $3,439.00 ↑ +58%

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Removal central venous catheter tunneled without port/pump at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,171.60 $319.83 – $4,493.10
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,671.00 $359.76 – $2,506.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,504.00 $319.83 – $4,964.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,475.80 $359.76 – $4,924.05
UPMC Somerset Somerset $3,457.20 $127.10 – $892.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,011.80 $319.83 – $2,850.05
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $2,627.20 $73.44 – $993.28
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $2,172.00 $319.83 – $2,896.00

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