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Boot j walker l at UPMC Williamsport
700 High Street, Williamsport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 164974648
$1,417.80
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.
$2,363.00
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.
$159.46 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $1,890.40 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.
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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| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $159.46 | ↓ -89% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $241.75 | ↓ -83% |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | All | $258.62 | ↓ -82% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $267.05 | ↓ -81% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $472.60 | ↓ -67% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $472.60 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $638.01 | ↓ -55% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $940.24 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | PEBTF Custom Network | $958.20 | ↓ -32% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,030.27 | ↓ -27% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products | $1,107.30 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,127.15 | ↓ -21% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $1,183.86 | ↓ -17% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $1,299.65 | ↓ -8% |
| Wirerope Works | Commercial | $1,313.83 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | First Health | $1,559.58 | ↑ +10% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $1,583.21 | ↑ +12% |
| Coventry/First Health | FH-Medical Rental | $1,590.30 | ↑ +12% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,616.29 | ↑ +14% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,618.65 | ↑ +14% |
| Multiplan | Auto | $1,843.14 | ↑ +30% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $1,843.14 | ↑ +30% |
| America's Choice | PPO | $1,890.40 | ↑ +33% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $1,890.40 | ↑ +33% |
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Boot j walker l at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $950.40 | $231.57 – $1,425.60 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $1,417.80 | $159.46 – $1,890.40 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $1,516.20 | $241.75 – $2,147.95 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $1,537.20 | $233.77 – $1,923.55 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $1,179.00 | $149.50 – $1,670.25 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $1,519.80 | $233.77 – $2,153.05 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $1,714.40 | $159.46 – $1,928.70 |