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Bypass temp external fem-fem 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

$1,473.00

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.

$2,455.00

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.

$451.70 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $2,209.50 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $451.70 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $595.22 ↓ -60%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $601.23 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare $607.12 ↓ -59%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $607.12 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Medicare $630.70 ↓ -57%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $636.54 ↓ -57%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $636.60 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $976.84 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $995.50 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,070.38 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $1,150.41 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $1,171.04 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,229.95 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,350.25 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $1,364.98 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $1,620.30 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $1,644.85 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $1,652.21 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,679.22 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $1,681.67 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $1,914.90 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,914.90 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $1,964.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $1,964.00 ↑ +33%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $2,209.50 ↑ +50%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Multiplan Worker's Compensation not published by hospital

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Bypass temp external fem-fem at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,428.80 $18.77 – $3,440.80
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,349.00 $18.59 – $3,523.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,473.00 $368.25 – $2,209.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $12,069.00 $18.77 – $3,648.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,304.60 $18.40 – $2,880.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,501.40 $18.77 – $3,543.65
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,781.60 $400.86 – $2,004.30

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