Ablation of upper extremity nerves rf 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

$825.60

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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.

$1,376.00

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.

$212.29 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $1,238.40 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $212.29 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $284.19 ↓ -66%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $287.06 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare $289.87 ↓ -65%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $289.87 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare $301.13 ↓ -64%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $303.92 ↓ -63%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $303.94 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $547.51 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $557.97 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $599.94 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $644.79 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $656.35 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $689.38 ↓ -16%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $756.80 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $765.06 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $908.16 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $921.92 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $926.05 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $941.18 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $942.56 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $1,073.28 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,073.28 ↑ +30%
InterGroup PPO $1,100.80 ↑ +33%
America's Choice PPO $1,100.80 ↑ +33%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $1,238.40 ↑ +50%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —
Multiplan Worker's Compensation not published by hospital —

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Ablation of upper extremity nerves rf at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,268.40 $18.59 – $1,691.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,408.20 $35.90 – $2,112.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $961.20 $48.55 – $1,361.70
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $961.20 $48.55 – $1,361.70
UPMC East Monroeville $987.60 $18.77 – $303.94
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,719.00 $18.59 – $409.31
UPMC Hanover Hanover $961.20 $48.55 – $451.20
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $958.80 $27.20 – $303.94

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