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_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout 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

$1,507.80

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.

$2,513.00

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.

$114.02 with UPMC Work Partners vs $2,010.40 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $114.02 ↓ -92%
Geisinger CHIP $115.36 ↓ -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 $116.49 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $117.67 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $118.82 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $118.82 ↓ -92%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $121.97 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare $123.44 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $124.58 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $124.59 ↓ -92%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $125.95 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $145.40 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $145.40 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $145.40 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $149.03 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $169.19 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $185.71 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $225.26 ↓ -85%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $768.98 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $904.68 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $949.91 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $999.92 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,095.67 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $1,177.59 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $1,291.68 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,394.71 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $1,397.23 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $1,658.58 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $1,683.71 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $1,691.25 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $1,960.14 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,960.14 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $2,010.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $2,010.40 ↑ +33%

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_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,327.80 $51.33 – $1,881.05
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,062.00 $51.03 – $1,593.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,507.80 $114.02 – $2,010.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,823.40 $51.36 – $2,583.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $574.80 $54.16 – $814.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset $642.60 $114.02 – $803.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,266.00 $51.46 – $1,793.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,823.20 $114.02 – $2,051.10

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