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Amplification real-time pcr dna markers infectious disease bacterial vaginosis and vaginitis 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

$280.20

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.

$467.00

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.

$142.90 with Aetna vs $373.60 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
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $142.90 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $168.12 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $176.53 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $185.82 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $203.61 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $218.84 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $240.04 ↓ -14%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $255.57 ↓ -9%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $256.85 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $259.19 ↓ -7%
Wirerope Works Commercial $259.65 ↓ -7%
Geisinger CHIP $262.99 ↓ -6%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $265.57 ↓ -5%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $268.25 ↓ -4%
Aetna Medicare $270.88 ↓ -3%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $270.88 ↓ -3%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $273.41 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Medicare $281.40 ↑ +0%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $282.32 ↑ +1%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $284.00 ↑ +1%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $284.03 ↑ +1%
Aetna First Health $308.22 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $312.89 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $314.29 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $364.26 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $364.26 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $373.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $373.60 ↑ +33%

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Amplification real-time pcr dna markers infectious disease bacterial vaginosis and vaginitis at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $247.20 $140.08 – $350.20
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $213.00 $92.53 – $319.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $280.20 $70.05 – $373.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $340.20 $226.80 – $481.95
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $447.60 $93.41 – $634.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $502.20 $91.60 – $627.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $243.00 $102.06 – $344.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $280.20 $84.06 – $420.30

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