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#acylcarnitineprfl 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

$222.60

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.

$371.00

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.

$13.17 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $296.80 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 $13.17 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.67 ↓ -93%
Geisinger CHIP $16.87 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $17.04 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $17.21 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $17.38 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $17.38 ↓ -92%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $17.83 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare $18.05 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18.22 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $18.22 ↓ -92%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $18.41 ↓ -92%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $113.53 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $133.56 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $140.24 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $147.62 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $161.76 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $173.85 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $190.69 ↓ -14%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $204.05 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $205.91 ↓ -7%
Wirerope Works Commercial $206.28 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $244.86 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $248.57 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $249.68 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $289.38 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $289.38 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $296.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $296.80 ↑ +33%

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#acylcarnitineprfl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $169.20 $15.68 – $239.70
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $205.80 $14.06 – $308.70
UPMC Northwest Seneca $144.60 $15.30 – $204.85
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $829.20 $12.35 – $1,174.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $36.00 $11.83 – $45.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,687.20 $14.57 – $2,390.20
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $268.80 $13.17 – $302.40

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