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Ghs protoporphyrins fract at UPMC Williamsport
700 High Street, Williamsport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 164974648
$139.80
Cash price 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.
$233.00
Gross charge 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.
$14.19 with UPMC Work Partners vs $186.40 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $14.19 | ↓ -90% |
| Geisinger | CHIP | $14.35 | ↓ -90% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $14.49 | ↓ -90% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $14.64 | ↓ -90% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $14.78 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $14.78 | ↓ -89% |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | All | $15.18 | ↓ -89% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $15.35 | ↓ -89% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $15.50 | ↓ -89% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $15.50 | ↓ -89% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $15.68 | ↓ -89% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $21.82 | ↓ -84% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $21.82 | ↓ -84% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $21.82 | ↓ -84% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $22.37 | ↓ -84% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $25.40 | ↓ -82% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $27.88 | ↓ -80% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $33.81 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | PEBTF Custom Network | $71.30 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $83.88 | ↓ -40% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $88.07 | ↓ -37% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $92.71 | ↓ -34% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $101.59 | ↓ -27% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products | $109.18 | ↓ -22% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $119.76 | ↓ -14% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $129.31 | ↓ -8% |
| Wirerope Works | Commercial | $129.55 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | First Health | $153.78 | ↑ +10% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $156.11 | ↑ +12% |
| Coventry/First Health | FH-Medical Rental | $156.81 | ↑ +12% |
| Multiplan | Auto | $181.74 | ↑ +30% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $181.74 | ↑ +30% |
| America's Choice | PPO | $186.40 | ↑ +33% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $186.40 | ↑ +33% |
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Ghs protoporphyrins fract at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $336.60 | $13.34 – $151.30 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $139.80 | $14.19 – $186.40 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $99.00 | $13.01 – $140.25 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $147.00 | $14.19 – $208.25 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $72.60 | $14.19 – $90.75 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $168.80 | $14.19 – $189.90 |