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Ercp biliary & pancreas 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

$1,070.40

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.

$1,784.00

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.

$385.46 with UPMC Work Partners vs $1,427.20 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $385.46 ↓ -64%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $412.35 ↓ -61%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $425.80 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $481.68 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $709.85 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $723.41 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $777.82 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $835.98 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $850.97 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $893.78 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $981.20 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $991.90 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $1,177.44 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $1,195.28 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $1,200.63 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,220.26 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $1,222.04 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $1,391.52 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,391.52 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $1,427.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $1,427.20 ↑ +33%

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Ercp biliary & pancreas at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $987.60 $179.43 – $1,399.10
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $877.20 $177.74 – $1,315.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,070.40 $267.60 – $1,427.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,486.80 $179.43 – $2,106.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,026.60 $175.94 – $1,283.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $950.40 $179.43 – $1,346.40
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,294.40 $291.24 – $1,456.20

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