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#cf-97variants 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

$3,263.40

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.

$5,439.00

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.

$119.61 with Aetna vs $758.85 with PA Health & Wellness — 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
Aetna Medicare $119.61 ↓ -96%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $167.45 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $176.27 ↓ -95%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $179.64 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $193.15 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $207.59 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial $211.31 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial $227.70 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Commercial $245.87 ↓ -92%
Wirerope Works Commercial $246.31 ↓ -92%
Aetna First Health $292.38 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Commercial $296.81 ↓ -91%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $298.14 ↓ -91%
Multiplan Auto $345.54 ↓ -89%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $345.54 ↓ -89%
America's Choice PPO $354.40 ↓ -89%
InterGroup PPO $354.40 ↓ -89%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $398.70 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $489.81 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $489.81 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $489.81 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $502.05 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $550.10 ↓ -83%
Geisinger CHIP $556.60 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $562.05 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $567.73 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $569.96 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $573.30 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare $595.56 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $601.07 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $601.13 ↓ -82%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $607.67 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $625.62 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $758.85 ↓ -77%

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#cf-97variants at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,357.60 $257.67 – $1,096.50
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,357.60 $256.16 – $1,095.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $2,487.60 $54.75 – $569.96
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,357.60 $257.79 – $674.05
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $5,034.60 $271.88 – $1,034.45
UPMC Somerset Somerset $3,216.00 $489.81 – $4,020.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,357.60 $258.30 – $1,034.45
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $3,108.00 $62.64 – $671.48

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