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Tc-99m succimer (dmsa) 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

$556.20

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.

$927.00

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.

$139.05 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $880.65 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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $139.05 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $139.05 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $143.22 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $146.00 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $148.78 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $150.17 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $363.57 ↓ -35%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $375.90 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $404.17 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $428.18 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $442.18 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $464.43 ↓ -16%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $509.85 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $515.41 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $611.82 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $621.09 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $623.87 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $634.07 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $635.00 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $723.06 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $723.06 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $741.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $741.60 ↑ +33%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $834.30 ↑ +50%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $880.65 ↑ +58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Tc-99m succimer (dmsa) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,748.00 $237.62 – $3,893.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,749.60 $233.00 – $2,187.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $672.80 $151.38 – $756.90

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