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Colonoscopy submucous njx 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

$3,252.60

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.

$5,421.00

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.

$234.53 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,336.80 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 Health Plan Managed Medicaid $234.53 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $234.53 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $234.53 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $240.39 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $299.56 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $363.35 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $715.89 ↓ -78%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $765.84 ↓ -76%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $790.81 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $993.28 ↓ -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 $1,135.13 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,146.59 ↓ -65%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,157.83 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare $1,157.83 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,202.80 ↓ -63%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,213.93 ↓ -63%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,214.04 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,157.02 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $2,198.22 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,363.56 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $2,540.28 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $2,585.82 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,715.92 ↓ -17%
Wirerope Works Commercial $3,014.08 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $3,577.86 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $3,632.07 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $3,648.33 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,707.96 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $3,713.39 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $4,228.38 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $4,228.38 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $4,336.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $4,336.80 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Colonoscopy submucous njx at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $4,137.60 $112.59 – $5,861.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,528.00 $156.49 – $5,292.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $4,867.20 $117.67 – $6,895.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,659.00 $94.76 – $6,600.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,903.60 $111.79 – $5,530.10
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $3,933.60 $234.53 – $4,425.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset not published $234.53 – $1,124.11

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