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Bone marrow;aspiration only 38220 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

$758.40

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.

$1,264.00

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.

$60.15 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,668.28 with PA Health & Wellness — 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 $60.15 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $60.15 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $60.15 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $61.65 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $69.99 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $76.83 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $93.19 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $387.00 ↓ -49%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $414.00 ↓ -45%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $427.50 ↓ -44%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $502.95 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $512.55 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $551.10 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $592.31 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $602.93 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $633.26 ↓ -17%
Wirerope Works Commercial $702.78 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $834.24 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $846.88 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $850.67 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $864.58 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $865.84 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $985.92 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $985.92 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $1,011.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $1,011.20 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,559.84 ↑ +106%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,575.59 ↑ +108%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,591.04 ↑ +110%
Aetna Medicare $1,591.04 ↑ +110%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,652.83 ↑ +118%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,668.12 ↑ +120%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,668.28 ↑ +120%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Bone marrow;aspiration only 38220 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,315.20 $60.15 – $1,863.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $758.40 $60.15 – $1,011.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,987.80 $60.15 – $2,816.05
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,080.80 $60.15 – $1,494.71
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $917.60 $32.22 – $387.00

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