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Cystatin c 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

$275.40

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.

$459.00

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.

$16.72 with UPMC Health Plan vs $367.20 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $16.72 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $16.72 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $16.72 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $17.14 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $18.31 ↓ -93%
Geisinger CHIP $18.52 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $18.70 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $18.89 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $19.08 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $19.08 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $19.46 ↓ -93%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $19.59 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare $19.82 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $20.00 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $20.00 ↓ -93%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $20.23 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $21.36 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $25.90 ↓ -91%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $140.45 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $165.24 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $173.50 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $182.64 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $200.12 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $215.09 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $235.93 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $254.75 ↓ -7%
Wirerope Works Commercial $255.20 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $302.94 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $307.53 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $308.91 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $358.02 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $358.02 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $367.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $367.20 ↑ +33%

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Cystatin c at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $138.00 $16.72 – $195.50
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $154.80 $15.44 – $232.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $275.40 $16.72 – $367.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $119.40 $16.72 – $169.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $281.40 $15.20 – $398.65
UPMC Somerset Somerset $94.20 $16.72 – $117.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $128.40 $15.99 – $181.90
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $332.80 $15.20 – $374.40

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