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Drainage of pelvis lesion 26990 at UPMC Williamsport
700 High Street, Williamsport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 164974648
$3,355.20
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.
$5,592.00
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.
$97.35 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,473.60 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.
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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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $97.35 | ↓ -97% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $97.35 | ↓ -97% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $97.35 | ↓ -97% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $99.78 | ↓ -97% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $124.34 | ↓ -96% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $150.82 | ↓ -96% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $826.71 | ↓ -75% |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | All | $884.39 | ↓ -74% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $913.23 | ↓ -73% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $993.28 | ↓ -70% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $2,225.06 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | PEBTF Custom Network | $2,267.56 | ↓ -32% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $2,438.11 | ↓ -27% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products | $2,620.41 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $2,667.38 | ↓ -21% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $2,801.59 | ↓ -17% |
| Wirerope Works | Commercial | $3,109.15 | ↓ -7% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $3,123.66 | ↓ -7% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $3,155.22 | ↓ -6% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $3,186.15 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $3,186.15 | ↓ -5% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $3,309.88 | ↓ -1% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $3,340.51 | ↓ -0% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $3,340.82 | ↓ -0% |
| Aetna | First Health | $3,690.72 | ↑ +10% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $3,746.64 | ↑ +12% |
| Coventry/First Health | FH-Medical Rental | $3,763.42 | ↑ +12% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $3,824.93 | ↑ +14% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $3,830.52 | ↑ +14% |
| Multiplan | Auto | $4,361.76 | ↑ +30% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $4,361.76 | ↑ +30% |
| America's Choice | PPO | $4,473.60 | ↑ +33% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $4,473.60 | ↑ +33% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Drainage of pelvis lesion 26990 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $3,855.00 | $97.35 – $5,461.25 |