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Chlamydia culture 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

$730.20

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.

$1,217.00

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.

$19.38 with UPMC Work Partners vs $973.60 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $19.38 ↓ -97%
Geisinger CHIP $19.60 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $19.79 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $19.99 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $20.19 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $20.19 ↓ -97%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $20.73 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare $20.97 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $21.17 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $21.17 ↓ -97%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $21.40 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $28.71 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $28.71 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $28.71 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $29.43 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $33.41 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $36.67 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $44.48 ↓ -94%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $372.40 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $438.12 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $460.03 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $484.24 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $530.61 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $570.29 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $625.54 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $675.43 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $676.65 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $803.22 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $815.39 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $819.04 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $949.26 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $949.26 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $973.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $973.60 ↑ +33%

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Chlamydia culture at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $142.20 $18.21 – $201.45
UPMC Muncy Muncy $730.20 $19.38 – $973.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $96.00 $17.78 – $136.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $508.20 $19.38 – $719.95
UPMC Somerset Somerset $109.80 $19.38 – $137.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $205.80 $16.92 – $291.55
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $883.20 $19.38 – $993.60

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