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Bln dil 900ml preperitnl 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

$646.20

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.

$1,077.00

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.

$290.79 with Aetna vs $969.30 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.

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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
Aetna Medicare $290.79 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $428.54 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $436.72 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $469.57 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $504.68 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $513.73 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $539.58 ↓ -16%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $592.35 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $598.81 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $710.82 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $721.59 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $724.82 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $736.67 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $737.75 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $840.06 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $840.06 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $861.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $861.60 ↑ +33%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $969.30 ↑ +50%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Multiplan Worker's Compensation not published by hospital

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Bln dil 900ml preperitnl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,779.80 $235.10 – $1,576.66
UPMC Muncy Muncy $375.60 $93.90 – $563.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,067.60 $407.00 – $2,416.16
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,610.00 $110.25 – $2,897.43
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $6,502.20 $59.04 – $3,228.28
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,017.80 $176.00 – $2,450.07
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $2,731.20 $102.24 – $511.20

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