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Epidural/lumbar/sacral/ea add level64484 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

$1,461.00

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.

$2,435.00

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.

$65.56 with Geisinger vs $1,948.00 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
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $65.56 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $65.56 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $65.56 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $67.20 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $76.29 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $83.74 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $101.57 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $379.88 ↓ -74%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $406.38 ↓ -72%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $419.63 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare $657.45 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $968.89 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $987.39 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,061.66 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $1,141.04 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $1,161.49 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,219.93 ↓ -17%
Wirerope Works Commercial $1,353.86 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $1,607.10 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $1,631.45 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $1,638.76 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,665.54 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $1,667.97 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $1,899.30 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,899.30 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $1,948.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $1,948.00 ↑ +33%

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Epidural/lumbar/sacral/ea add level64484 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,454.60 $65.56 – $3,477.35
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,656.60 $65.56 – $2,484.90
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,897.80 $65.56 – $2,688.55
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,703.60 $65.56 – $3,830.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,398.80 $65.56 – $2,998.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,952.40 $65.56 – $2,765.90

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