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Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 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

$971.40

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.

$1,619.00

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.

$59.98 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,295.20 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $59.98 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $59.98 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $59.98 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $61.48 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $76.61 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $92.93 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $227.41 ↓ -77%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $243.28 ↓ -75%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $251.21 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $644.20 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $656.50 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $705.88 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $758.66 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $772.26 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $811.12 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $900.16 ↓ -7%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $902.61 ↓ -7%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $911.73 ↓ -6%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $920.67 ↓ -5%
Aetna Medicare $920.67 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare Medicare $956.42 ↓ -2%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $965.27 ↓ -1%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $965.36 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $993.28 ↑ +2%
Aetna First Health $1,068.54 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $1,084.73 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $1,089.59 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,107.40 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $1,109.02 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $1,262.82 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,262.82 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $1,295.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $1,295.20 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,928.80 $50.12 – $5,565.80
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,751.60 $59.98 – $4,127.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $971.40 $59.98 – $1,295.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,550.40 $52.38 – $2,196.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $7,134.00 $42.18 – $10,106.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,641.00 $59.98 – $2,051.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,260.20 $49.76 – $3,201.95
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,175.20 $59.98 – $1,322.10

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