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Fetal fibronectin 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

$851.40

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.

$1,419.00

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.

$22.00 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,135.20 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 Health Plan Managed Medicaid $22.00 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $22.00 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $22.00 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $22.55 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $25.60 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $28.10 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $34.08 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $63.66 ↓ -93%
Geisinger CHIP $64.41 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $65.04 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $65.70 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $66.34 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $66.34 ↓ -92%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $68.10 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare $68.92 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $69.56 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $69.56 ↓ -92%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $70.32 ↓ -92%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $434.21 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $510.84 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $536.38 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $564.62 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $618.68 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $664.94 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $729.37 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $787.54 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $788.96 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $936.54 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $950.73 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $954.99 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $1,106.82 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,106.82 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $1,135.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $1,135.20 ↑ +33%

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Fetal fibronectin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Muncy Muncy $851.40 $22.00 – $1,135.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $727.80 $20.00 – $1,031.05
UPMC Somerset Somerset $326.40 $22.00 – $408.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,029.60 $20.00 – $1,158.30

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