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Control oropharyngeal hemorr/simp 42960 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

$2,883.00

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.

$4,805.00

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.

$87.45 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,844.00 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 $87.45 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $87.45 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $87.45 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $89.64 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $111.70 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $135.48 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $341.61 ↓ -88%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $365.44 ↓ -87%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $377.36 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $490.27 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $495.22 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $500.08 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $500.08 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare $519.50 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $524.30 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $524.35 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $993.28 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,911.91 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $1,948.43 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,094.98 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $2,251.62 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $2,291.99 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,407.30 ↓ -17%
Wirerope Works Commercial $2,671.58 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $3,171.30 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $3,219.35 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $3,233.76 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,286.62 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $3,291.43 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $3,747.90 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $3,747.90 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $3,844.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $3,844.00 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Control oropharyngeal hemorr/simp 42960 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,546.80 $87.45 – $2,191.30
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,236.20 $87.45 – $3,354.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,772.80 $87.45 – $5,344.80
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,349.40 $87.45 – $1,686.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,802.40 $87.45 – $2,553.40

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