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Brace ankle stablizing lg 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

$286.80

Cash price

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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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$478.00

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.

$78.11 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $382.40 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $78.11 ↓ -73%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $95.60 ↓ -67%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $95.60 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare $129.06 ↓ -55%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $161.22 ↓ -44%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $172.46 ↓ -40%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $178.09 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $190.20 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $193.83 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $208.41 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $223.99 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $228.01 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $239.48 ↓ -16%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $262.90 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $265.77 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $315.48 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $320.26 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $321.69 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $326.95 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $327.43 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $372.84 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $372.84 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $382.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $382.40 ↑ +33%

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Brace ankle stablizing lg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $302.40 $112.92 – $453.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $286.80 $71.70 – $382.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $231.60 $96.50 – $508.85
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $321.00 $114.00 – $610.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $316.20 $63.24 – $679.88
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $310.20 $103.40 – $515.99
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $346.40 $77.94 – $389.70

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