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88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site 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

$91.20

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.

$152.00

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.

$12.52 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $121.60 with InterGroup — 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $12.52 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $38.80 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $38.80 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $38.80 ↓ -57%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $39.77 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare $41.04 ↓ -55%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $49.55 ↓ -46%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $57.46 ↓ -37%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $60.11 ↓ -34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $60.48 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $61.64 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $66.27 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $71.23 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $72.50 ↓ -21%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $74.03 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial $78.13 ↓ -14%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $79.19 ↓ -13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $81.78 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare Commercial $84.36 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $84.51 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $100.32 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $101.84 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $102.30 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $118.56 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $118.56 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $121.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $121.60 ↑ +33%

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88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $79.80 $19.51 – $119.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $91.20 $12.52 – $121.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $141.60 $19.64 – $200.60
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $85.80 $19.63 – $121.55
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $231.60 $11.74 – $328.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $86.40 $11.25 – $108.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $91.80 $19.68 – $130.05
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $110.40 $12.52 – $124.20

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