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Bx breast add lesion Ultrasound imag 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

$1,914.60

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.

$3,191.00

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.

$72.73 with Geisinger vs $2,552.80 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
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $72.73 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $72.73 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $72.73 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $74.55 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $84.63 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $92.90 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $112.68 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $710.72 ↓ -63%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $760.31 ↓ -60%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $785.10 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare $861.57 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,269.70 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $1,293.95 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,391.28 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $1,495.30 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $1,522.11 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,598.69 ↓ -17%
Wirerope Works Commercial $1,774.20 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $2,106.06 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $2,137.97 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $2,147.54 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,182.64 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $2,185.84 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $2,488.98 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $2,488.98 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $2,552.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $2,552.80 ↑ +33%

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Bx breast add lesion Ultrasound imag at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,914.60 $72.73 – $2,552.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,792.40 $72.73 – $3,955.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,042.80 $72.73 – $1,303.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,916.60 $72.73 – $4,131.85
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $2,315.20 $72.73 – $2,604.60

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