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Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at UPMC Williamsport
700 High Street, Williamsport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 164974648
$76.00
Cash price 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.
$95.00
Gross charge 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.
$6.96 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $85.50 with Three Rivers Provider Network — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $6.96 | ↓ -91% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $6.96 | ↓ -91% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $6.96 | ↓ -91% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $6.96 | ↓ -91% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $7.15 | ↓ -91% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $7.65 | ↓ -90% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $7.65 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $25.65 | ↓ -66% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $25.76 | ↓ -66% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $28.46 | ↓ -63% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $37.80 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | PEBTF Custom Network | $38.52 | ↓ -49% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $41.42 | ↓ -46% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products | $44.52 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $45.31 | ↓ -40% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $47.59 | ↓ -37% |
| Wirerope Works | Commercial | $52.82 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | First Health | $62.70 | ↓ -18% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $63.65 | ↓ -16% |
| Coventry/First Health | FH-Medical Rental | $63.94 | ↓ -16% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $64.98 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $65.08 | ↓ -14% |
| Multiplan | Auto | $74.10 | ↓ -3% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $74.10 | ↓ -3% |
| America's Choice | PPO | $76.00 | ↑ +0% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $76.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | All | $85.50 | ↑ +13% |
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Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $43.80 | $4.39 – $48.60 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $287.40 | $6.96 – $85.50 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $49.20 | $4.39 – $51.85 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $267.00 | $4.39 – $75.65 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $160.80 | $4.39 – $33.15 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $73.20 | $4.39 – $69.36 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $287.40 | $2.88 – $14.40 |
| UPMC Western Psychiatric | Pittsburgh | $160.80 | $6.96 – $227.80 |