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Fat/lipids feces qualitative 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

$199.80

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.

$333.00

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.

$5.04 with UPMC Work Partners vs $266.40 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 $5.04 ↓ -97%
Geisinger CHIP $5.10 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $5.15 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $5.20 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $5.25 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $5.25 ↓ -97%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $5.39 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare $5.46 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5.51 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $5.51 ↓ -97%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $5.57 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $7.74 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $7.74 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $7.74 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $7.94 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $9.01 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $9.89 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $12.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $101.90 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $119.88 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $125.87 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $132.50 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $145.19 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $156.04 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $171.16 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $184.81 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $185.15 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $219.78 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $223.11 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $224.11 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $259.74 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $259.74 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $266.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $266.40 ↑ +33%

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Fat/lipids feces qualitative at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $201.60 $4.74 – $285.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $25.20 $4.25 – $37.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $199.80 $5.04 – $266.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $30.00 $4.63 – $42.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $216.00 $5.04 – $306.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $25.80 $5.04 – $32.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $39.60 $4.40 – $56.10
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $241.60 $5.04 – $271.80

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