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Brace knee extender plus 22-30in at UPMC Williamsport
700 High Street, Williamsport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 164974648
$351.60
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.
$586.00
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.
$117.20 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $1,351.03 with Multiplan — 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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| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $117.20 | ↓ -67% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $117.20 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $158.22 | ↓ -55% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $233.17 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | PEBTF Custom Network | $237.62 | ↓ -32% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $255.50 | ↓ -27% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products | $274.60 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $279.52 | ↓ -21% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $288.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $293.59 | ↓ -16% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $322.30 | ↓ -8% |
| Wirerope Works | Commercial | $325.82 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | First Health | $386.76 | ↑ +10% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $392.62 | ↑ +12% |
| Coventry/First Health | FH-Medical Rental | $394.38 | ↑ +12% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $400.82 | ↑ +14% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $401.41 | ↑ +14% |
| Multiplan | Auto | $457.08 | ↑ +30% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $457.08 | ↑ +30% |
| America's Choice | PPO | $468.80 | ↑ +33% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $468.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | All | $527.40 | ↑ +50% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $1,223.04 | ↑ +248% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $1,351.03 | ↑ +284% |
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Brace knee extender plus 22-30in at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $2,053.80 | $821.52 – $3,080.70 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $351.60 | $87.90 – $1,223.04 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $316.20 | $115.94 – $4,629.23 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $1,068.60 | $213.72 – $5,157.82 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $335.40 | $111.80 – $3,914.48 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $424.80 | $95.58 – $1,223.04 |