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Cltx gr hmrl tbrs fx w/mnpj 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

$729.60

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.

$1,216.00

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.

$172.70 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,647.86 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $172.70 ↓ -76%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $172.70 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $172.70 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $177.02 ↓ -76%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $220.59 ↓ -70%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $267.56 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $483.85 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $493.09 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $530.18 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $569.82 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $580.03 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $609.22 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $676.10 ↓ -7%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $788.54 ↑ +8%
Aetna First Health $802.56 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $814.72 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $818.37 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $831.74 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $832.96 ↑ +14%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $843.56 ↑ +16%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $871.06 ↑ +19%
Multiplan Auto $948.48 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $948.48 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $972.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $972.80 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $993.28 ↑ +36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,540.75 ↑ +111%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,556.32 ↑ +113%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,571.57 ↑ +115%
Aetna Medicare $1,571.57 ↑ +115%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,632.61 ↑ +124%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,647.71 ↑ +126%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,647.86 ↑ +126%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Cltx gr hmrl tbrs fx w/mnpj at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $4,288.80 $172.70 – $6,075.80
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $4,037.40 $172.70 – $6,056.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $729.60 $172.70 – $993.28
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $6,097.20 $172.70 – $8,637.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,055.00 $172.70 – $2,568.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $882.40 $172.70 – $993.28

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