Cath impl vasc access portal 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

$208.80

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.

$348.00

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.

$2.55 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $278.40 with America's Choice — 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 $2.55 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $69.60 ↓ -67%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $69.60 ↓ -67%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $83.84 ↓ -60%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $89.69 ↓ -57%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $92.62 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare $93.96 ↓ -55%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $114.84 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $138.47 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $141.11 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $151.73 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $163.07 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $166.00 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $174.35 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $193.49 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $229.68 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $233.16 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $234.20 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $238.03 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $238.38 ↑ +14%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $271.44 ↑ +30%
Multiplan Auto $271.44 ↑ +30%
InterGroup PPO $278.40 ↑ +33%
America's Choice PPO $278.40 ↑ +33%

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Cath impl vasc access portal at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $198.60 $27.00 – $111.98
UPMC Cole Coudersport $39.00 $12.35 – $83.84
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,215.60 $2.61 – $1,722.10
UPMC Hamot Erie $379.80 $59.76 – $83.84
UPMC Northwest Seneca $370.80 $69.46 – $83.84
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $367.80 $57.40 – $83.84
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $428.40 $16.30 – $83.84
UPMC Memorial York $1,215.60 $2.61 – $87.74

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