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CT limited or localized follow-up study 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

$541.20

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.

$902.00

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.

$67.84 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $721.60 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $67.84 ↓ -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 $84.77 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $85.63 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $86.47 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $86.47 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare $89.83 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $90.66 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $90.67 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $358.91 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $365.76 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $393.27 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $422.68 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $430.25 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $451.90 ↓ -17%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $456.29 ↓ -16%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $488.12 ↓ -10%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $496.10 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $501.51 ↓ -7%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $504.04 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $595.32 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $604.34 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $607.05 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $616.97 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $617.87 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $703.56 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $703.56 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $721.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $721.60 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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CT limited or localized follow-up study at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,101.60 $78.01 – $1,560.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,217.00 $69.98 – $3,325.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $541.20 $67.84 – $721.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,632.60 $63.60 – $2,312.85
UPMC Somerset Somerset $624.60 $60.95 – $780.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $966.60 $72.48 – $1,369.35
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $654.40 $67.84 – $736.20

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