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2d tte w or without fol w/con,co at UPMC Williamsport

700 High Street, Williamsport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 164974648

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$848.40

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.

$1,414.00

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.

$381.78 with Aetna vs $1,272.60 with Three Rivers Provider Network — 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
Aetna Medicare $381.78 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $562.63 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $573.38 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $578.38 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $616.50 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $662.60 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $674.48 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $708.41 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $760.61 ↓ -10%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $768.29 ↓ -9%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $775.83 ↓ -9%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $777.70 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $786.18 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Medicare $805.96 ↓ -5%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $813.41 ↓ -4%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $813.49 ↓ -4%
Aetna First Health $933.24 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $947.38 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $951.62 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $967.18 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $968.59 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $1,102.92 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,102.92 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $1,131.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $1,131.20 ↑ +33%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $1,272.60 ↑ +50%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Multiplan Worker's Compensation not published by hospital

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2d tte w or without fol w/con,co at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,508.00 $315.29 – $3,762.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $848.40 $212.10 – $1,272.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,071.20 $683.10 – $2,934.20
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,004.60 $318.29 – $2,839.85
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,907.00 $318.29 – $4,118.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,452.80 $318.29 – $3,474.80
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,026.40 $230.94 – $1,154.70

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