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Dexametha opth insert 0.1 mg 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

$477.60

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.

$597.00

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.

$98.14 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $537.30 with Three Rivers Provider Network — 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 $98.14 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $99.10 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $100.10 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $101.08 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare $101.08 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $102.94 ↓ -78%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $102.94 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $102.94 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $102.94 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare $105.01 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $105.87 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $105.99 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $113.23 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $113.23 ↓ -76%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $161.91 ↓ -66%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $178.86 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $237.55 ↓ -50%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $242.08 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $260.29 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $279.75 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial $284.77 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $299.10 ↓ -37%
Wirerope Works Commercial $331.93 ↓ -31%
Aetna First Health $394.02 ↓ -18%
Geisinger Commercial $399.99 ↓ -16%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $401.78 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Commercial $408.35 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial $408.94 ↓ -14%
Multiplan Auto $465.66 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $465.66 ↓ -3%
America's Choice PPO $477.60 ↑ +0%
InterGroup PPO $477.60 ↑ +0%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $537.30 ↑ +13%

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Dexametha opth insert 0.1 mg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,430.40 $64.99 – $568.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,432.80 $89.55 – $537.30
UPMC Northwest Seneca $505.60 $64.99 – $537.20
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,430.40 $64.99 – $568.65
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,022.60 $64.99 – $716.55
UPMC Somerset Somerset $354.00 $85.10 – $442.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $505.60 $64.99 – $537.20
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,432.80 $102.94 – $537.30

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