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Analysis gene f2 20210g>a variant 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

$2,479.80

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.

$4,133.00

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.

$59.07 with UPMC Health Plan vs $316.80 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $59.07 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $59.07 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $59.07 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $60.55 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $64.92 ↓ -97%
Geisinger CHIP $65.69 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $66.33 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $67.00 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $67.66 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $67.66 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $68.74 ↓ -97%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $69.45 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare $70.29 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $70.94 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $70.95 ↓ -97%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $71.72 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $75.45 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $91.52 ↓ -96%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $149.69 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $157.57 ↓ -94%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $160.58 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $172.66 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $185.57 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial $188.89 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial $203.54 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Commercial $219.78 ↓ -91%
Wirerope Works Commercial $220.18 ↓ -91%
Aetna First Health $261.36 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Commercial $265.32 ↓ -89%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $266.51 ↓ -89%
Multiplan Auto $308.88 ↓ -88%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $308.88 ↓ -88%
America's Choice PPO $316.80 ↓ -87%
InterGroup PPO $316.80 ↓ -87%

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Analysis gene f2 20210g>a variant at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,697.40 $29.08 – $396.95
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,503.20 $28.91 – $420.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $2,361.60 $48.90 – $260.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,503.20 $29.09 – $396.95
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,503.20 $30.68 – $589.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $380.40 $59.07 – $475.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,503.20 $29.15 – $396.95
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $2,361.60 $53.70 – $279.00

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