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Dexa bone density study >=1 sites appendicular skeleton (peripheral) 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

$121.20

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.

$202.00

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.

$22.63 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $161.60 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 $22.63 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $30.23 ↓ -75%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $30.23 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $30.23 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $30.98 ↓ -74%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $38.61 ↓ -68%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $46.83 ↓ -61%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $58.59 ↓ -52%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $62.68 ↓ -48%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $64.72 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $80.38 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $81.91 ↓ -32%
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 ↓ -30%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $85.63 ↓ -29%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $86.47 ↓ -29%
Aetna Medicare $86.47 ↓ -29%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $88.07 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Medicare $89.83 ↓ -26%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $90.66 ↓ -25%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $90.67 ↓ -25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $94.66 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $96.35 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $101.20 ↓ -17%
Wirerope Works Commercial $112.31 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $133.32 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $135.34 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $135.95 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $138.17 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $138.37 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $157.56 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $157.56 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $161.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $161.60 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Dexa bone density study >=1 sites appendicular skeleton (peripheral) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $121.20 $6.80 – $92.34
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $121.20 $30.23 – $181.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $127.20 $22.63 – $169.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $121.20 $30.23 – $171.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $192.00 $21.22 – $272.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $188.40 $20.33 – $235.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $161.60 $22.63 – $181.80

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