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Fna bx w/mr gdn 1st les 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

$587.40

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.

$979.00

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.

$147.66 with UPMC Health Plan vs $881.10 with Three Rivers Provider Network — 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 $147.66 ↓ -75%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $147.66 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $147.66 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $151.36 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $171.83 ↓ -71%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $188.61 ↓ -68%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $228.77 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $389.54 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $396.98 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $426.84 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $458.76 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $466.98 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $490.48 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $544.32 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $646.14 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $655.93 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $658.87 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $669.64 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $670.62 ↑ +14%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $677.36 ↑ +15%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $684.21 ↑ +16%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $690.91 ↑ +18%
Aetna Medicare $690.91 ↑ +18%
United Healthcare Medicare $717.75 ↑ +22%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $724.39 ↑ +23%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $724.45 ↑ +23%
Multiplan Auto $763.62 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $763.62 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $783.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $783.20 ↑ +33%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $881.10 ↑ +50%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Fna bx w/mr gdn 1st les at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $574.80 $76.81 – $814.30
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $738.00 $76.08 – $1,107.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,085.40 $76.81 – $1,537.65
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,498.20 $75.31 – $1,872.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $574.80 $76.81 – $814.30
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $710.40 $147.66 – $799.20

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