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Assay of glutathione 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

$77.40

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.

$129.00

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.

$7.42 with UPMC Health Plan vs $103.20 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 $7.42 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $7.42 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $7.42 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $7.61 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $8.64 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $9.48 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $11.50 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $15.27 ↓ -80%
Geisinger CHIP $15.45 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $15.60 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $15.76 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $15.91 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare $15.91 ↓ -79%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $16.34 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare $16.53 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $16.68 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $16.69 ↓ -78%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $16.87 ↓ -78%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $39.47 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $46.44 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $48.76 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $51.33 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $56.24 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $60.45 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $66.31 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $71.59 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $71.72 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $85.14 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $86.43 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $86.82 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $100.62 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $100.62 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $103.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $103.20 ↑ +33%

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Assay of glutathione at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $68.40 $7.42 – $96.90
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $54.60 $7.42 – $81.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $77.40 $7.42 – $103.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $93.60 $7.42 – $132.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $72.00 $6.75 – $102.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $65.40 $7.42 – $92.65
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $93.60 $6.75 – $105.30

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