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Ghs prostatic acid phosphatase (mayo) 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

$237.60

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.

$396.00

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.

$9.55 with UPMC Work Partners vs $316.80 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $9.55 ↓ -96%
Geisinger CHIP $9.66 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $9.75 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $9.85 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $9.95 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare $9.95 ↓ -96%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $10.22 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare $10.34 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $10.43 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $10.43 ↓ -96%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $10.55 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $11.00 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $11.00 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $11.00 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $11.28 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $12.80 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $14.05 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $17.04 ↓ -93%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $121.18 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $142.56 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $149.69 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $157.57 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $172.66 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $185.57 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $203.54 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $219.78 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $220.18 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $261.36 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $265.32 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $266.51 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $308.88 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $308.88 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $316.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $316.80 ↑ +33%

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Ghs prostatic acid phosphatase (mayo) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $81.60 $8.98 – $115.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $76.80 $8.05 – $115.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $237.60 $9.55 – $316.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $87.60 $9.55 – $124.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $49.20 $9.55 – $61.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $83.40 $8.34 – $118.15
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $287.20 $9.55 – $323.10

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