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Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement 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

$121.80

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.

$203.00

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.

$42.75 with UPMC Health Plan vs $162.40 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 $42.75 ↓ -65%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $42.75 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $42.75 ↓ -65%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $43.81 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $49.74 ↓ -59%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $54.60 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare $54.81 ↓ -55%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $62.12 ↓ -49%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $66.23 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial $73.08 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $76.73 ↓ -37%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $77.85 ↓ -36%
Geisinger CHIP $78.77 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $79.54 ↓ -35%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $80.35 ↓ -34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $80.77 ↓ -34%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $81.13 ↓ -33%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $83.28 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Medicare $84.28 ↓ -31%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $85.06 ↓ -30%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $85.07 ↓ -30%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $85.99 ↓ -29%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $88.51 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $95.13 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $104.34 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $112.67 ↓ -7%
Wirerope Works Commercial $112.87 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $133.98 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $136.01 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $136.62 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $158.34 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $158.34 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $162.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $162.40 ↑ +33%

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Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $432.60 $42.75 – $612.00
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $343.80 $42.75 – $515.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $121.80 $30.45 – $162.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $436.20 $42.75 – $617.95
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $678.60 $38.86 – $961.35
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $228.60 $42.75 – $323.85
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $147.20 $33.12 – $165.60

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