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CT upper extremity without contrast (both sides) 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

$1,943.40

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.

$3,239.00

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.

$101.17 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $2,591.20 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 $101.17 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $102.37 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $103.41 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $104.42 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $104.42 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare $108.48 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $109.48 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $109.49 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $604.00 ↓ -69%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $646.14 ↓ -67%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $667.21 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,288.80 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $1,313.41 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,412.20 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $1,517.80 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $1,545.00 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,622.74 ↓ -16%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,781.45 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $1,800.88 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $2,137.74 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $2,170.13 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $2,179.85 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,215.48 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $2,218.72 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $2,526.42 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $2,526.42 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $2,591.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $2,591.20 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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CT upper extremity without contrast (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,795.80 $94.21 – $2,544.05
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,950.00 $84.51 – $2,925.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,943.40 $101.17 – $2,591.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,068.00 $91.94 – $1,513.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,937.00 $94.85 – $4,160.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $876.00 $90.90 – $1,095.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,740.00 $87.53 – $2,465.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $2,350.40 $101.17 – $2,644.20

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