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Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at UPMC Williamsport
700 High Street, Williamsport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 164974648
$304.00
Cash price 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.
$380.00
Gross charge 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.
$53.08 with Geisinger vs $319.50 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $53.08 | ↓ -83% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $53.08 | ↓ -83% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $53.08 | ↓ -83% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $54.59 | ↓ -82% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $58.38 | ↓ -81% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $58.38 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $95.85 | ↓ -68% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $96.28 | ↓ -68% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $106.36 | ↓ -65% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $141.25 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | PEBTF Custom Network | $143.95 | ↓ -53% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $154.78 | ↓ -49% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products | $166.35 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $169.34 | ↓ -44% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $177.85 | ↓ -41% |
| Wirerope Works | Commercial | $197.38 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | First Health | $234.30 | ↓ -23% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $237.85 | ↓ -22% |
| Coventry/First Health | FH-Medical Rental | $238.91 | ↓ -21% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $242.82 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $243.18 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | Auto | $276.90 | ↓ -9% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $276.90 | ↓ -9% |
| America's Choice | PPO | $284.00 | ↓ -7% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $284.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | All | $319.50 | ↑ +5% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $376.00 | $33.51 – $249.30 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $304.00 | $53.08 – $342.00 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $952.80 | $33.51 – $623.90 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $1,577.40 | $33.51 – $600.10 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $1,577.40 | $33.51 – $1,020.00 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $99.00 | $0.34 – $157.32 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $1,108.20 | $33.51 – $496.40 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $304.00 | $53.08 – $342.00 |