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External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells 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

$354.60

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.

$591.00

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.

$142.92 with UPMC Work Partners vs $472.80 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $142.92 ↓ -60%
Geisinger CHIP $144.61 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $146.03 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $147.50 ↓ -58%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $148.95 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare $148.95 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $151.58 ↓ -57%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $151.58 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $151.58 ↓ -57%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $152.89 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Medicare $154.73 ↓ -56%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $155.37 ↓ -56%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $156.16 ↓ -56%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $156.18 ↓ -56%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $157.88 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $176.38 ↓ -50%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $193.61 ↓ -45%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $223.40 ↓ -37%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $234.84 ↓ -34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $235.16 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $239.65 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $257.68 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $276.94 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $281.91 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial $303.77 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $328.00 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $328.60 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $390.06 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $395.97 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $397.74 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $460.98 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $460.98 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $472.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $472.80 ↑ +33%

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External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $869.40 $120.55 – $1,304.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $942.60 $142.92 – $1,256.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,124.40 $131.15 – $1,592.90
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,226.40 $134.39 – $1,737.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $919.20 $137.80 – $1,302.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,033.80 $142.92 – $1,292.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,082.40 $124.86 – $1,533.40
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,140.00 $96.48 – $482.40

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