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Apply rigid leg cast 29445 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

$631.20

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.

$1,052.00

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.

$111.62 with UPMC Health Plan vs $841.60 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $111.62 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $111.62 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $111.62 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $114.41 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $129.88 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $142.57 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $172.93 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $255.68 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $258.26 ↓ -59%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $260.80 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare $260.80 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Medicare $270.92 ↓ -57%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $273.43 ↓ -57%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $273.46 ↓ -57%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $388.34 ↓ -38%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $415.44 ↓ -34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $418.59 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $426.59 ↓ -32%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $428.98 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $458.67 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $492.97 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $501.80 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $527.05 ↓ -17%
Wirerope Works Commercial $584.91 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $694.32 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $704.84 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $708.00 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $719.57 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $720.62 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $820.56 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $820.56 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $841.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $841.60 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Apply rigid leg cast 29445 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,215.60 $111.62 – $1,722.10
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,273.20 $111.62 – $1,909.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,426.80 $111.62 – $2,021.30

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