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Fondaparinux sodium 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

$595.80

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.

$993.00

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.

$0.72 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $45.00 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $0.72 ↓ -100%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $0.72 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $0.72 ↓ -100%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $0.72 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $0.74 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $0.80 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $0.80 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare $13.50 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $13.56 ↓ -98%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $14.98 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $19.89 ↓ -97%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $20.27 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $21.80 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $23.43 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial $23.85 ↓ -96%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $25.05 ↓ -96%
Wirerope Works Commercial $27.80 ↓ -95%
Aetna First Health $33.00 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Commercial $33.50 ↓ -94%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $33.65 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Commercial $34.20 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial $34.25 ↓ -94%
Multiplan Auto $39.00 ↓ -93%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $39.00 ↓ -93%
America's Choice PPO $40.00 ↓ -93%
InterGroup PPO $40.00 ↓ -93%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $45.00 ↓ -92%

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Fondaparinux sodium at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $540.60 $0.46 – $39.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $595.80 $0.72 – $45.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $490.80 $0.46 – $45.90
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,003.20 $0.46 – $66.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,206.60 $0.46 – $85.85
UPMC Somerset Somerset $87.60 $0.72 – $18.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $769.20 $0.46 – $40.80
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $595.80 $0.72 – $45.00

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