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Embolization s&i 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

$3,495.60

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.

$5,826.00

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.

$120.37 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $4,660.80 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 $120.37 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $171.10 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $171.10 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $171.10 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $175.38 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $218.55 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $265.09 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $1,573.02 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,318.17 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $2,362.44 ↓ -32%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,395.85 ↓ -31%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,540.14 ↓ -27%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $2,563.00 ↓ -27%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $2,646.58 ↓ -24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $2,730.06 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $2,779.00 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,918.83 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $3,239.26 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $3,845.16 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $3,903.42 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $3,920.90 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,984.98 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $3,990.81 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $4,544.28 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $4,544.28 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $4,660.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $4,660.80 ↑ +33%

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Embolization s&i at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $9,112.80 $171.10 – $12,909.80
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,427.80 $171.10 – $5,141.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $27,675.00 $112.85 – $39,206.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $5,940.60 $108.15 – $7,425.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,970.80 $171.10 – $5,625.30

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