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Ghs histoplasma antigen 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

$674.40

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.

$1,124.00

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.

$10.34 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $899.20 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 $10.34 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $13.09 ↓ -98%
Geisinger CHIP $13.25 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $13.38 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $13.52 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare $13.65 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $13.65 ↓ -98%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $14.00 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare $14.18 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $14.31 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $14.31 ↓ -98%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $14.46 ↓ -98%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $343.94 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $404.64 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $424.87 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $447.24 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $490.06 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $526.71 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $577.74 ↓ -14%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $618.20 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $623.82 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $624.94 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $741.84 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $753.08 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $756.45 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $876.72 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $876.72 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $899.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $899.20 ↑ +33%

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Ghs histoplasma antigen at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $153.00 $11.05 – $229.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $674.40 $10.34 – $899.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $125.40 $12.02 – $177.65
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $142.20 $12.31 – $201.45
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $615.60 $9.70 – $872.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $74.40 $9.29 – $41.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,019.40 $11.44 – $1,444.15
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $815.20 $10.34 – $917.10

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