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Gardner vag dna quant 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

$290.40

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.

$484.00

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.

$32.60 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $387.20 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $32.60 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $41.27 ↓ -86%
Geisinger CHIP $41.76 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $42.17 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $42.60 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $43.01 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $43.01 ↓ -85%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $44.15 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare $44.68 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $45.10 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $45.10 ↓ -84%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $45.59 ↓ -84%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $148.10 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $174.24 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $182.95 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $192.58 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $211.02 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $226.80 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $248.78 ↓ -14%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $266.20 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $268.62 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $269.10 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $319.44 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $324.28 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $325.73 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $377.52 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $377.52 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $387.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $387.20 ↑ +33%

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Gardner vag dna quant at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $505.20 $34.81 – $757.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $290.40 $32.60 – $387.20
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $410.40 $38.81 – $581.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $483.00 $30.56 – $684.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $232.80 $29.29 – $291.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $378.00 $36.06 – $535.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $351.20 $32.60 – $395.10

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