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Cystourethroscopy w/biopsy(s) 52204 at UPMC Williamsport
700 High Street, Williamsport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 164974648
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$135.85 with Geisinger vs $2,109.25 with PA Health & Wellness — 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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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $135.85 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $135.85 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $135.85 | — |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $139.25 | — |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $173.52 | — |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $210.47 | — |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $511.70 | — |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | All | $547.40 | — |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $565.25 | — |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $893.44 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $1,972.15 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $1,992.07 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare | $2,011.60 | — |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $2,011.60 | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $2,089.72 | — |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $2,109.06 | — |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $2,109.25 | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Cystourethroscopy w/biopsy(s) 52204 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $4,869.60 | $135.85 – $6,898.60 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | not published | $135.85 – $2,148.31 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | not published | $135.85 – $2,148.31 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | not published | $135.85 – $2,148.31 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | not published | $135.85 – $1,953.01 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | not published | $135.85 – $893.44 |