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Brace oths wrist hnd fngr without 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

$170.40

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.

$284.00

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.

$56.80 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $255.60 with Three Rivers Provider Network — 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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $56.80 ↓ -67%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $56.80 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare $76.68 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $113.00 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $115.16 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $123.82 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $133.08 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $135.47 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $142.28 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $156.20 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $157.90 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $183.10 ↑ +7%
Aetna First Health $187.44 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $190.28 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $191.13 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $194.26 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $194.54 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $221.52 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $221.52 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $227.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $227.20 ↑ +33%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $255.60 ↑ +50%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Multiplan Worker's Compensation not published by hospital

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Brace oths wrist hnd fngr without at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $516.00 $75.60 – $846.11
UPMC Muncy Muncy $360.60 $42.60 – $255.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $642.00 $267.50 – $1,296.62
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $201.00 $73.70 – $1,554.89
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $197.40 $4.56 – $1,732.43
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $194.40 $64.80 – $1,314.81
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $436.00 $46.26 – $231.30

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