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Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex 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

$739.80

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.

$1,233.00

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.

$25.77 with UPMC Work Partners vs $1,171.35 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 $25.77 ↓ -97%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $27.56 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $39.62 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $39.62 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $39.62 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $40.16 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $40.61 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $40.61 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $46.11 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $61.39 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $184.95 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $184.95 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $190.50 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $194.20 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $197.90 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $199.75 ↓ -73%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $377.30 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $443.88 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $466.07 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $483.58 ↓ -35%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $537.59 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $569.52 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial $633.76 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $684.32 ↓ -7%
Wirerope Works Commercial $685.55 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $813.78 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $826.11 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $829.81 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $961.74 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $961.74 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $986.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $986.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1,171.35 ↑ +58%

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Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $292.80 $21.73 – $439.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $129.60 $23.64 – $183.60
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $216.60 $24.23 – $306.85
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,827.60 $25.77 – $2,589.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $145.20 $25.77 – $181.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $219.60 $22.51 – $311.10
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $894.40 $25.77 – $1,006.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $739.80 $25.77 – $986.40

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