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Ghs alcohol, methyl (methanol)-medtox 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

$110.40

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.

$184.00

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.

$13.36 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $147.20 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 $13.36 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.91 ↓ -85%
Geisinger CHIP $17.11 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $17.28 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $17.45 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $17.62 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $17.62 ↓ -84%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $18.09 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare $18.31 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18.48 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $18.48 ↓ -83%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $18.68 ↓ -83%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $56.30 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $66.24 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $69.55 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $73.21 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $80.22 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $86.22 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $94.58 ↓ -14%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $101.20 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $102.12 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $102.30 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $121.44 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $123.28 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $123.83 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $143.52 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $143.52 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $147.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $147.20 ↑ +33%

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Ghs alcohol, methyl (methanol)-medtox at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $162.60 $15.90 – $230.35
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $171.60 $14.26 – $257.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $110.40 $13.36 – $147.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $147.60 $15.52 – $209.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $115.80 $12.01 – $144.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $192.60 $14.77 – $272.85
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $133.60 $13.36 – $150.30

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