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An fluoro guide for cvp 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

$1,275.00

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.

$2,125.00

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.

$59.21 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $1,700.00 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 $59.21 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $66.41 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $66.41 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $66.41 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $68.07 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $84.82 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $102.88 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $120.25 ↓ -91%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $128.64 ↓ -90%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $132.84 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $573.75 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $845.54 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $861.69 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $926.50 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $995.77 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $1,013.62 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,064.62 ↓ -17%
Wirerope Works Commercial $1,181.50 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $1,402.50 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $1,423.75 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $1,430.12 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,453.50 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $1,455.62 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $1,657.50 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,657.50 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $1,700.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $1,700.00 ↑ +33%

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An fluoro guide for cvp at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $559.80 $66.41 – $793.05
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $528.00 $66.41 – $792.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,275.00 $59.21 – $1,700.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $429.60 $66.41 – $608.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $897.00 $55.51 – $1,270.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $450.00 $53.20 – $201.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $574.80 $66.41 – $814.30
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,542.40 $59.21 – $1,735.20

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