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Sodium chloride 0.9 % intravenous solution 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

$26.00

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$38.00

Gross charge

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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.

$1.95 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $21.85 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $1.95 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1.95 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1.95 ↓ -93%
Geisinger CHIP $1.95 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $1.95 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1.95 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $2.14 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2.14 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $3.45 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3.45 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3.55 ↓ -86%
Cigna Medicare $3.62 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare $3.69 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3.73 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $6.37 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $9.02 ↓ -65%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $9.33 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $10.03 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $10.62 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial $10.97 ↓ -58%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $11.52 ↓ -56%
Wirerope Works Commercial $12.79 ↓ -51%
Aetna First Health $15.18 ↓ -42%
Geisinger Commercial $15.41 ↓ -41%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $15.48 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Commercial $15.73 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial $15.76 ↓ -39%
Multiplan Auto $17.94 ↓ -31%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $17.94 ↓ -31%
America's Choice PPO $18.40 ↓ -29%
InterGroup PPO $18.40 ↓ -29%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $20.70 ↓ -20%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $21.85 ↓ -16%

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Sodium chloride 0.9 % intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $57.20 $0.00 – $15.09
UPMC Northwest Seneca $58.40 $0.00 – $21.71
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $76.80 $0.00 – $15.24
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $55.65 $0.00 – $15.24
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $62.40 $0.00 – $15.24
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $26.00 $0.00 – $20.70
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $55.65 $1.95 – $39.52
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $26.00 $1.95 – $28.80

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