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Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn at UPMC Williamsport
700 High Street, Williamsport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 164974648
$142.20
Cash price 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.
$237.00
Gross charge 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.
$50.94 with Geisinger vs $241.41 with Multiplan — 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.
Full explanation →
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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 | CHIP | $50.94 | ↓ -64% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $51.44 | ↓ -64% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $51.96 | ↓ -63% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $52.47 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $52.47 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $52.81 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $54.51 | ↓ -62% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $55.01 | ↓ -61% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $55.02 | ↓ -61% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $89.59 | ↓ -37% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $94.30 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | PEBTF Custom Network | $96.10 | ↓ -32% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $101.29 | ↓ -29% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $101.29 | ↓ -29% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $101.29 | ↓ -29% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $103.33 | ↓ -27% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $103.82 | ↓ -27% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products | $111.06 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $113.05 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $121.82 | ↓ -14% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $129.37 | ↓ -9% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $131.53 | ↓ -8% |
| Wirerope Works | Commercial | $131.77 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | First Health | $156.42 | ↑ +10% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $156.92 | ↑ +10% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $158.79 | ↑ +12% |
| Coventry/First Health | FH-Medical Rental | $159.50 | ↑ +12% |
| Multiplan | Auto | $184.86 | ↑ +30% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $184.86 | ↑ +30% |
| America's Choice | PPO | $189.60 | ↑ +33% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $189.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | All | $213.30 | ↑ +50% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $218.54 | ↑ +54% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $241.41 | ↑ +70% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $379.20 | $39.38 – $568.80 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $142.20 | $35.55 – $218.54 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $316.20 | $39.63 – $447.95 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $268.20 | $39.61 – $379.95 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $388.80 | $41.80 – $550.80 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $265.20 | $47.45 – $218.54 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $322.20 | $39.71 – $456.45 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $172.00 | $38.70 – $218.54 |