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Bone marrow interpretation 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

$251.40

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.

$419.00

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.

$21.12 with UPMC Health Plan vs $841.13 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 $21.12 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $21.12 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $21.12 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $21.65 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $24.58 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $26.98 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $32.72 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $116.81 ↓ -54%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $124.95 ↓ -50%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $128.21 ↓ -49%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $129.03 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $150.84 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $158.38 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $166.72 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $182.68 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $196.34 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $215.37 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $232.54 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $232.96 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $276.54 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $280.73 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $281.99 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $326.82 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $326.82 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $335.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $335.20 ↑ +33%
Geisinger CHIP $778.82 ↑ +210%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $786.45 ↑ +213%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $794.40 ↑ +216%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $802.18 ↑ +219%
Aetna Medicare $802.18 ↑ +219%
United Healthcare Medicare $833.34 ↑ +231%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $841.05 ↑ +235%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $841.13 ↑ +235%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Bone marrow interpretation at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,572.80 $1.71 – $856.70
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $153.00 $1.70 – $817.76
UPMC Northwest Seneca $250.80 $1.71 – $817.76
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,762.00 $1.80 – $856.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $3,124.80 $4.25 – $771.03
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $211.80 $1.71 – $817.76
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $304.00 $19.20 – $342.00

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